Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Wilcox wrote: <snip> > I just sold my Nikon gear in favor of using a 200 and 400 Telyt on my > rangefinders Leicas. > Thanks for the info Ken. That answers that question. I will search in Cyberspace for "Telyt." Another question for all you but first an intro. I intend to take photos of dew drops on spider webs, ice along the edges of freezing rivers and lakes, fall and winter trees. Fractal-like things from Mother Nature that I can attempt to copy with the low-level high-level computer programming language called LOGO. I will not be taking photos of animals but some of the trees will be moving in the wind so generally I will not be able to expose for long lengths of time. I can afford a M6. I like the focusing method for I am forever fighting the focusing on most cameras because I wear one pair of glasses for reading and another pair for distance and none for "working on my truck," running, and sometimes when looking through range finders. I have the same problem shooting my pistols for I can not clearly focus on both the gun sights and the target at the same time. I think I can focus the M6 just fine. Also I like the small size and weight of the camera, the manual relatively insensitive to temperature attributes, etc. I am not knowledgeable about optics yet but as a retired engineer I appreciate the classic design and "feel" of the M6 camera. I will be replacing a Retina IIIC and a Retina IIIc that will no longer advance the film. I took thousands of slides with those two cameras 40 years ago during two tours in Antarctica. Other examples of fine German engineering. Except for the weak film advance mechanism. So my question is: Lets say, for arguments sake, I can afford(and am willing to carry in my backpack) only one, maybe two lens. What lens should I buy and why? Thanks for the help. I am a newbie to this interesting list. And to modern day photography. Dale - -- $ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $