[Leica] Back to film!

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)]

A few folks here are also members on RFF and may have followed a few of
my threads there but I finally shuffled off the digital monkey a few
days ago. 
I traded my M9 (which I had been trying to sell for a while) for a
Nikon SP with titanium shutter and a good amount of cash. It was a good
deal, I think. I got a *reliable* camera that is compatible with most
of my lenses (I sold my Leica lenses and replaced them with RF Nikkors)
and the new M9 owner got a camera he wanted. I still have my film M4, a
beat up DR Summicron and my Super Angulon but I'm considering the sale
of the latter to replace it with the 2.1cm Nikkor for the F mount with
adapter. An excellent lens itself but much lower cost.
I'm happy because I am no longer tethered to a wall socket to recharge
batteries. Film doesn't have a slow buffer time. I can forget about my
latent images on the roll for a while and not worry about filling up my
limited storage media. It's just a good move. I'm not getting any photo
business and I can't rationalize sitting on almost $5000 worth of
camera that isn't making me money.
It was kind of fun while it lasted even though the headaches of M9
unreliability (and the M8 before it) drove me nuts. I should have sold
it a year ago.
It's good to be back to film. It feels rebellious, actually. 

Phil Forrest

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