Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh no, I still have a D90 and plenty of Nikon gear for shooting watches. It actually works out better than the D3 because my effective magnification is greater, and the built in flash commander means I don't sacrifice a speedlight to master commander mode. Also, it's a lot lighter. The M8 is pretty much useless for macrophotography :) Try the new voigtlander 15/4.5 II in M mount. Great lens for architecture. And yes, generally I shoot unconventionally... On May 22, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I'm new here so I thought I'd quickly introduce myself. Where to >> start...apart from showing the same equipment addiction symptoms >> as everybody else here, I'm a contributing editor for a photo >> magazine in Malaysia and shoot mainly watches, photojournalism and >> architecture - though I did do wildlife for a while. I'm a recent >> Leica convert - everybody thought I was mad, and some still do, >> when I traded my D3 for an M8 - but loving the different >> perspective I get from shooting RF. I have a regularly updated >> (daily, pretty much) flickr page at www.flickr.com/mingthein - >> please drop by and take a look. >> >> Cheers >> Ming >> >> THEIN Onn Ming >> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com >> www.flickr.com/mingthein >> > > > Welcome Ming. > > Shooting watches and architecture with an M8? You're not making it > easy for yourself, or else you're shooting those subjects in a very > unconventional way. I shoot architecture, and am fond of macro > photography, but only use the M8 on special occasions for those > subjects. > > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein