Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fifteen cameras No images. On 1/14/13 1:27 AM, "David Ching" <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> wrote: > For film, M3 and R8 with Leica (and Zeiss ZM lenses ) Also Contax G2, Nikon > 35Ti. Leica IIg, Contax 35, Pentax 645 N unused. Not tried "new" Speed > Graflex > 45. Plan to start scanning with my recently Epson V700. (Appreciate some > advice here) > > Digitally, my Fuji X Pro, Ricoh GXR and Olympus OMD . And Digilux 2 > bodies. No > M8/9 as waiting for M240 which finally gives a decent up-to-date LCD screen > and the ability to mount R lenses. Picking up R lenses. (any offers?). > Plan to > sell one of my Digilux 2 (any offers?). > > For travel, it's the GXR and OMD EM5 that I use 90% of my travels, the > Ricoh > most Leica-like quality despite its 12M pixel sensor. 12mm and Nokton with > 50/1.1Voightlander 75% of the travels for project documentation and > portraits > in low light. Less of a painful financial loss reckoning my SA21 M stolen > is > lesson enough. So no Leica lenses. > > Back at my home bases, the Leica glass: Nikon glass rules 35%:35% with the > 35/1.4 Fujinon on X Pro 1 the remaining 30%. Use the D800E for landscapes > and > Fuji S Pro 5 for portraits. > > Itching to try out large format but the difficulty of getting the films (no > color available at all!) deters me. No color films even for 4x5s! No LF > Leica > lenses here. > > Finally have an adapter to use my Contax 645 lenses on my Nikons. About > USD280 > and totally worth it. No MF Leica glass again...too costly and doubt there > are > adapters for use other than S bodies. > > Best, > > David Ching > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/