Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 06 August 2000, Håkan Dennersten wrote: > > Hi > > Let i am new to this group so if i am picking up an old boring thread, > please ignore this message. > > Let me introduce myself. I am a 38 year old ex photographer. I worked as a > fulltime photographer 1981 - 1986. > > 1986 - 1999 i owned a Canon F1. Took 10 - 20 rolls of film maximum. > > Exactly 1 year ago i had a full revival with photography. I think it's > incredible fun again i think i've shot 50 - 70 rolls this past year. I ran > out to by the equipment i worked with in the beginning of the 80:s. > > Nikon F2, Nikon FE and four lenses. One Hasselblad 2000 with 2 Lenses and > one Nikon 35 TI, and one Kodak Digital camera. > > I hate the new plastic cameras with millions of programmes. > > As time has passed by this year i find myself just bringing out the Nikon 35 > Ti, and the Hasselblad. > > So i was thinking. OK let's realize an old dream. Buy a more fun camera to > bring out. Let's go and by a Leica M6. I went to the store. But there i > felt unsure what to do. The M6 felt bigger than i thought. The focusing felt > awkward and did'nt get the feeling that i would bring out this camera > everytime i went out of my house, a camera lying on the shelf is of no use ! > I had the feeling that the M6 was as the Hasselblad. Boring to use but with > an outstanding result. I felt i did'nt need one more boring camera :) > > I went out of the store emptyhanded. Went to Africa one month without the > Nikons and really missed them once being there. Went to Nice last week. > Strolled and found a Leica R4s in a window. > > Went in and got a real positive feeling about it, bought it. Got my first > film back today, and the result is fantastic. Like the focusing and display > a lot. Maybe it's a little plastic feeling. But it's OK. > > OK let's come to my questions. > > What i need is 2 more cameras. 80 % of the time i use a 35 and a shorter > tele. Once in a while i use a 28, 50 and 200 lens. > > I would really like to be convinced to buy a M camera. But how is _really_ > to use ??? Maybe one more R camera is the right for me ?? How is the 6.2 ??? > > > Please guide me. > > > (sorry for my bad english) > > > > Håkan Dennersten > Founder > Håkan, I can't tell you which type of camera is going to feel right to you. I use long lenses and macro lenses, so I'm using an SLR. I'd love to be able to justify buying an M6 and 35-50-90mm lenses, but I'd hate to sell my R lenses in these focal lengths, so I'd end up with overlapping cameras, I'd carry too much stuff around, and I wouldn't be having fun any more. So I'm using only R cameras & R lenses. In my experience the R4s is reasonably simple, for an electronic camera, and reliable, but the Leicaflex SL gives me exceptional sensory feedback: the viewfinder, the feel of the controls, and even the smell tell me it's the work of people dedicated to building a product that can be used for a lifetime. What it lacks in features it more than makes up for in inspiring confidence. IMHO, of course. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.