Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Save money? Get equivalent lenses inexpensively? Less weight? Better low light capabilities (key for Tina)? The list can go on - the million dollar question is - do you want to buy equipment to fit the job at the least cost or not? Tina is a professional, unlike all of us. Rules change in that sphere - most pros I know (and I know quite a few very, very well) are very practical about equipment, not sentimental. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:24 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Why on earth would somebody with a large Leica collection want to do that? > > john > ________________________________________ > > > As a practical user, I would wait and then buy a Fuji XE-2 and a Fuji > 35mm f1.4...(-: Gives you a light kit, great quality sensor/lens and > relatively inexpensive...and ISO 25,600 if the specs run true > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: >> A DR Summicron that has been operated on works well on the M240? In the >> close range? Details, please. >> >> I am looking for something smaller and lighter than the Noctilux. I love >> my Noctilux but I don't always need 1.0 and the size does keep me from >> using it as often as the 35/1.4 which is my normal lens to keep on the >> M240 >> or the MM but the 50 would give a little more reach and a "normal" >> perspective. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> wrote: >> >>> A DR Summicron like that works well on the M (240) in the close range :-) >>> >>> What are the reasons for looking for something other than the Noctilux? >>> Anything other than the Noctilux asph will be smaller/lighter but the DR >>> and pre-asph Summilux give a look more like the f1.0 Noctilux than the >>> Summilux asph does..... >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> Tina: >>> I also have a Dual-Range Summicron. I sent it to DAG, who ground off the >>> close-focus cam (the one used with the "eyes." I think it cost $80. So >>> now >>> it fits on my M8 and should fit on any other digital M. I sold the >>> eyes.. >>> So now I have a lens I can use on my digital M instead of a lens I can >>> only use when I shoot film, which I don't. >>> >>> For a while I thought it was wrong to defile such an elegant mechanical >>> object. Then I decided: Lenses are to be used. Food for thought. >>> >>> Peter >>> ------------- >>> Tina wrote: >>> Yes, the Noctilux is my only practical 50. I have a Summicron that has >>> the >>> eyes, but I don't think that fits on anything current. I probably use my >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information