Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since you have the LS-4000 with the roll film adapter, it's almost as convenient as digital anyway, especially if you are careful with spots. That combination and then later the Epson R-D1 meant that I have never "left" Leica for a Canon or Nikon (only use the E-3 for taiko) and I stayed true :-) Have fun. The most important aspect of a tool is the relationship one has with them. All the best! On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>