Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Erich. :) You wrote: > If I were in your situation, if I wanted 28mm and 100mm, then I'd go with > the R8 - SLR. If I wanted 35mm and 90mm, then it would be the M6 at this > point. I basicaly (and exclusively) take pictures of people so a 28mm would distord (right word for distortion?) things. I am a SLR user and my only experience with a rangefinder camera was my very first Kodak Instamatic 155-X that I won when I was 11 year old (now I'm 38), but I guess it is only a matter of getting used to the format. Regarding the weight I would have to carry, this is not too much if you compare to the Pentax 67 that I use on location one in a while. I guess that would be helpful if I can have a Leica in my hands to "feel" both models so I guess that I need to meet some Leica users here in Sao Paulo. But your advices "close my range" of options. Today I am using Canon with type L lenses and I have 28, 28, 100, a 35-70 and a 80-200, but I really use the 37-70 for documentary and the 100 for portraiture. But I don't like zoom lenses. > Then you wrote: > Either way, you can't lose. Superb cameras and lenses all. I made the truly > obsessive choice, I went with both! :-) Hehe! Buying both would be my option too, but I am not a tycoon :))) BTW, I am visiting your page and I loved your picture of that homeless man. It is the kind of light that I love. Congratulations. My best Becker bss@uol.com.br > -- > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Your e-mail has been returned due to insufficient voltage