Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, Congratulations on the new acquisition! And my deepest condolences to your bank account...On my part, I saw a Noctilux today at a tempting price, 54.000 BF. I am waiting to see what the year-end bonus is :-) Nathan Alan Ball wrote: > That is sound behaviour ! On my side, I've become unsound, because of > the sort of virus that gets ditillated though the LUG, despite my > constant dislike of hype and because of Alpha Photo's ability to make a > huge price seem like a good deal: I sold my trustworthy and efficient > 35mm Nikon SLR system (at a reasonable loss since it was all 2nd hand to > start with) and bought a R8 during the Leica days, following the Belgian > LUG gang visit. They've lent me a 50mm summicron-R till I gather enough > strength to buy 'special price' 100mm f2.8 mm apo-macro and/or 180mm > f2.8 apo. I'm financially wiped out but looking forward to using a > complete photo system based exclusively on Leica: from 21mm to the 90mm > elmarit on the M side, overlapping with 100, but adding macro and 180 > capability on the R side. Don't want to know how that translates in > overtime work.... > > There is no rationality to that of course: I suppose I take 5 pics out > of 100 with longer-than-90mm, and will not shoot zillions of images at > less than 1 m from the subject with a 100mm. Okay: after playing with it > during a week, I confirm the obvious: it is large. But does not 'feel' > nearly as large and heavy as it really is. It handles real sweet: very > cute shutter/mirror noise, great tactile feedback of all commands, very > intuitive settings, smart layout. I find the lack of built-in motor is a > feature rather than a handicap: this is the most silent SLR I have ever > tried. The TTL flash meter device is a fantastic bonus, not only because > it works with all flashes and any number of them, but also because it > allows complete control of flash balance by the user. I did not realize > beforehand how simple and effective this could be. With the 100mm and 2 > or 3 portable flash heads, it should be a mobile high quality portrait > studio. For the rest, I do not know, it will take me months to make up > my mind if I was right to become unsound or not.... > > I should never have subscribed to this mailing list ;-) > > See you on Sunday (I'll be selling stuff at Lucien's table) > > Alan. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator