[Leica] Do you remember why you joined the LUG?

[George Lottermoser]

Thanks Peter.

I'm trying to figure out the best inexpensive lens to dedicate my M8 to Infrared, preferably something that will take my existing 46 mm filter.

Open to ideas…
thinking a 35 mm

a note off the iPad, George

On Oct 15, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> I believe I've been here since the year 2000. I'd been shooting with a IIIf, and was hoping to get back into the M system after many years absence. I came for information about what older lenses were still viable. I stayed for the photography and the great group of people I met.
> 
> Rangefinder photography is both a way of seeing and a way of being. That way has been tied up with Leica for nearly a century. The lenses are superb, the form factor works beautifully. You know what you've focused on, and you can see what you shot while you shoot it. I really don't care about the bling oriented marketing, and I do wish that the prices hadn't gone stupid bleeping crazy. Fortunately, there is the used market, and keeping the things you buy for a long time.
> 
> Like many, I've worked with other cameras as well. Like the famous Kyle Cassidy, I learned digital playing with an early Nikon COOLPIX. In recent years, some shoulder and eye problems made micro 4/3 cameras the line of least resistance. There's nothing to apologize for – they are versatile little beasties, and the lenses, especially the primes, are pretty darn good.
> 
> But there's nothing quite like a Leica.  As you can see from my other thread today, I'm coming back to my ancient M8 that the glitterati don't take seriously anymore. And, there's the possibility that I will do something (financially) stupid bleeping crazy in the foreseeable future. After all, an M 240 or a Monochrom is less expensive than a little red sports car. :-) 
> 
> --Peter, dictating to my iPad
> (If it misconstrues, please excuse)
> 
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