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Subject: [Leica] Ah, the delicious task of selecting a kit for my trip
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:42:08 -0700
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Why would you choose different lenses for the M9 vs R9 since they are both 
the same format?  Personally, the 50/24 seems logical for me as I have them 
both.  Not sure what you would use for the other formats.

Aram


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From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:53 AM
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] Ah, the delicious task of selecting a kit for my trip

> I have a trip to Vancouver coming up and the highlight is my mom's 80th 
> birthday.
>
> I have the delicious task of selecting a kit for the trip.  So, the 
> purpose is a large Chinese dinner banquet, and general shooting.
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> - Xpan II with 45mm lens.  One lens, wide for the banquet, normal for 
> portraits, one camera.
> - Hasselblad 40mm and 100mm.  Wide and portrait, heavy metal, although 
> slow (f4) for inside.  No flash planned.
> - Leica M9 with 50 and 24mm.  The digital solution.
> - Leica R9 with 15mm and 80mm
>
> Which kit would you choose?
>
> Vick
>
> 


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