Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome Alex, I think you will have a lot of fun with that M6. And the 50 summicron. And the 35 to follow for sure. And the 90, and... It's quite addictive, you'll see. :-) But above all: use it and post your shots. Philippe Op 12-dec-06, om 23:10 heeft Alex het volgende geschreven: > Hello all. > I'm a newbie to Leica and to RF in the whole, just got registered > here, willing to introduce myself. > My name is Alex, I'm from Israel. Used to be a long-term SLR > shooter jumping over from Minolta to Canon professional systems, > until about 2 years ago took a leap into large format (4x5) and > never looked back so that my Canon setup used to spent about 95% of > the time in the closet. Besides, it took me several years to > realize that the "latest and greatest" gear isn't always the > optimal solution. I became quite reluctant of getting out my Canon > and lugging it around, even though owing high-end analog camera and > some nice L line optics. In the past I enjoyed challenging myslef > physically and mentally lugging 15 kg backpack full of Canon > throughout the world even on business trips, but lately getting > realized that nor fast and quite AF, neither super-sophisticated > metering or super-speed machine-gun shooting doesn't bring me the > pleasure any more in my hobby. So the breaking point came few weeks > ago when I decided to quit my SLR adventure altoagther and convert > to something much more manageable and intimate that will not be a > burden for my family either in family strools or trips but yet > provide an adequate quality. After quite a deliberation between > jumping to an MF rangefinder or remain in 35mm world I made up my > mind to stay with 35mm to avoid the necessity to change my entire > flow. Then were two weeks of online "research" of RF world, > equipment, shooting technique, etc..became an active member on RFF > (rangefinderforum.com), "spamming" apug.org with my RF-related > hesitations...until realized that in that or another way I will > have hard time to get my Leica lust calm down.... > So two days ago I managed to pick a nice Summicron 50mm/2 (current > version) which is on its way to me right now and just a few hours > ago I had a pleasure to purchase a nice M6 of LUG fellow Hank > Kellner (he offered the camera for sale here also few days ago). > Did not realize Hank is a well known person not only on LUG but > also in literature world, but that turned to be a nice surprise to me. > > So I'm welcoming myself here on LUG..;-) > > Sincerely, Alex > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >