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Subject: [Leica] The many temptations of a chef
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:36:43 +0100
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I am taking more portraitss with my M8 than anything at the moment so  
the 50 is fine. On holiday I take more WA shots, then the wate lives  
on the camera.
Frank

On 26 May, 2009, at 10:40, Thein Onn Ming wrote:

> For me it's the opposite. I had the 14-24 for my D3 but used it  
> maybe twice. I'd say I rotate through the 15, 35 and 50 equally now  
> depending on what I'm going to shoot.
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> On May 26, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Frank Dernie wrote:
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>> I used to use the 15mm loads with film on my M6. Far more than I  
>> expected when i bought it. I hardly ever use it on my M8 for some  
>> reason. I use the WATE quite a bit but my most used lens on the M8  
>> is the 50mm f1.4.
>> cheers,
>> Frank
>> On 26 May, 2009, at 09:32, Thein Onn Ming wrote:
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>>> I like the fact that it's about the same size as the back cap on  
>>> my 14-24 but very nearly as good.
>>>
>>> On May 26, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Frank Dernie wrote:
>>>
>>>> compared to the 15mm CV yes, compared to any WA SLR lens, or the  
>>>> splendid wide Zeiss lenses the WATE it is tiny.
>>>> Frank
>>>> On 26 May, 2009, at 02:35, Thein Onn Ming wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> (the WATE doesn't count - it's HUGE!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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> THEIN Onn Ming
> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
> www.flickr.com/mingthein
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