Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]++1!! Fantastic! So glad your health has improved, too! Tina On Saturday, February 15, 2014, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > Three really sensational shots--proof that life's too short to screw > around with second-best. You made a wise decision to get a camera > commensurate with your skill. > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Mitch Zeissler > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:39 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Succumbed to the M 240 and my first posted images from it > > I'm back. > > The past 8 months have been very rough with a bad health scare, several > operations, and lots of recovery time -- but now everything is looking more > positive and I'm doing a lot better. > > Back in late December, I was delighted to receive a Sony Alpha a7 as a > Christmas gift from my wife. It produced wonderful full-frame images in a > delightfully small package... until it died just 10 days later. > > Both the system board and CMOS chip went completely non-responsive and I > had to send the camera in for factory warranty servicing. Ugh. The > camera was shipped to Texas, but was actually serviced in Mexico; my phone > calls to the contact center apparently went to the Pacific Rim somewhere; > follow-up conversations were quite difficult and halting as the words were > translated into four different languages. Eventually (over a month later) > I received the camera back in perfect working order, but the damage was > done -- I no longer have any faith in the product, was angered at how my > service ticket was handled, and very unhappy to discover that my Sony > lenses would have to be replaced if I wanted to actually utilize the > full-frame resolution of the camera. > > Screw that. And luckily for me, my wife agreed. > > So now I'm the happy owner of a new M 240 -- which works perfectly well > with the Leica and Voigtl?nder glass that I already have. And here are > the first images that I've posted from it so far. > > http://exploratorius.us/2014/02/14/soft/ > http://exploratorius.us/2014/02/14/610-to-yumouth/ > http://exploratorius.us/2014/02/15/dusk-at-whites-ferry/ > > Comments or suggestions are welcome. > > Mitch Zeissler > === > Website: http://exploratorius.us/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com