[Leica] S snapshots

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Damn I'd wished I'd seen the Art Nudes! Any shots of his sister?!?


On 9/11/13 5:16 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark. Actually I meant to say that I was a bit surprised to see multiple
> responses on my couple of snapshots  (with the S) when the last large sets 
> of
> M9 photos I worked hard at I got nearly zero interest. Those were art nudes
> though so I guess they don't fit what the LUG at large likes to see or
> comment.
> 
> Caution technical chat follows ;-)
> FWIW anyone that really likes their M8/9 for what they are great at will
> really love the M. I've only shot about 500 frames with mine so far due to
> personal circumstances but it is in every way a more refined M9 if you 
> like. I
> plan to give it a comprehensive exercising in Barcelona over the next 
> couple
> of weeks. I don't bother talking about it on the list because there doesn't
> seem to be much overt interest and only a few in LUG hands thus far of 
> course.
> The pro segment for Hasselblad/Phase One and S is so small, almost none of 
> us
> are likely to be involved. There are pluses and minuses for each system and
> the handling and lenses are particularly good with the S.
> But the M9 and M are better studio cameras than the S2 and S are street
> cameras ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff Hopkinson
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
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> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:20:12 -0400
> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] S snapshots
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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> 
> A long long time ago Leica gear became an unaffordable waste to discuss on
> the lug as soon as Cosina made bodies and lenses cheaper and earlier to buy
> and sell and buy and sell.
> 
> The Leica S gets less attraction on the lug Geoff And you're right the
> Fuji and Olympus 1.5 crop rangefinders gets the continual day by day
> headlines.  Its just like Starbucks: small is tall.
> Here small format is large format.
> 24x18mm is large format now. Small equals large. A bit Alice and Wonderland
> like!
> The key is getting quality on something called a camera which doest make 
> for
> completely embarrassing oneself. The sensor has to be bigger than your 
> pinky
> toenail.
> But mainly the idea  going big here is a disposable consumer camera you buy
> and trade three times a year
> 
> not the $21,950.00 investment the Leica S is.
> 
> So if small format is large format than medium format is anything you want
> it to be mainly unnecessary and nobodies listening because you're talking
> about a Ferrari 8-cylinder and everyone else wants a powered scooter.
> The main issue is an S is not somthign you can buy on a whim.
> To cheer you up how much talk is there really lately about a new Leica full
> frame M (240) that you can snap up for a measly eight grand usd?!?!?
> Not when there's stuff out there you can get for a lot cheaper.
> 
> Leica gear was very popular on the Lug until Cosina came along and started
> making it all cheaper. Than it was all about how unaffordable and
> unnecessary Leica gear was.  There is nothing new under the sun.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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