Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For years I've been on the LUG and have heard the " weight and bulk of a SLR" and now " weight and bulk of a DSLR" from rich guys who want a new way of expressing how rich they are with their new hobby. Its getting to be a tired old song. Put an Olympus OM1 or Pentax ME or for that matter a Nikon FM or Canon AE-1 next to a Leica M and how much weight and bulk are you saving? The cameras are the same size. The Leica is heavier. Leica lenses can be much smaller but weigh twice as much. Does walking down the street with an M6 and a 50 Summicron make for a more elegant and unobtrusive weight and bulk configuration than doing the same with a Nikon FM2 with a 50 1.8? No it does not. Its about the same. And depending on the exact gear you are using could be the opposite. Rangefinder use to be quick and unobtrusive needs not normal but wide angle glass so this is a bad example just gave. It requires a learning curve. Pre focusing and zone focusing. Pre adjusting your exposure even - if you don't have an M8 or M7. I find the before an after shots fascinating that Mr. Fisher gives us With a 87C IR filter you get an rich dark IR black and white shot Without a 87C IR filter it looks like a normal color shot. Amazing! He seems to want us to think that there is some HDR thing going on with M8 use which is different from any other digital camera. It just sounds like he's new to digital and new to HDR. Certainly brand new to Leica. The last paragraph cinches it. He's enjoyed his "time" with the M8 (he didn't buy it? Brought it back? Borrowed it?). He just got it. ... and is not going to give up DSLR use became of all the lenses. !?!?! " sometimes those telephoto, zoom, and macro lenses do come in handy;" So we've read a thing by a guy who is brand new to Leica and very squarely out of the loupe on the Leica system. What it consists of and what it can be used for. Has spent quite a lot of money but not given it an exceeding amount of thought. Not that that cant be found on the LUG. So its Leica for weekends and jaunts around town; And DSLR's for longer trips. Too much money can make for some very creative thinking. People need to take their Yuban Coffee can 2.8 zooms and battery packs off their DSLR's and SLR's before they decide what the footprint is. Go out a and buy a 50mm or 35mm lens and put that on instead. That compact elegant glass is not just for Leica M's any more. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:22:19 -0400 > To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] The Leica M8, from a DSLR User's Perspective... from B&H > > For your possible interest: > <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Leica-M8.jsp> > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information