Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bravo! Film is so nice! ? Curt ________________________________ From: Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:18 PM Subject: [Leica] Back to film! 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 -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information