Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I travel a fair amount racing cars. It's a pretty > tense, time-starved activity. It can be truly > physically and emotionally exhausting. I play boy racer as well and find that the M6 is much harder to use then my Nikon AF system while shifting, braking, turning, etc :-> For some time I was stuck on the Nikons because of the long lenses and the ability of the motor to get multi shots when the 'puckering' starts. This summer I went back to the M6 and although I brought the Nikon for the longer shots, was very pleased with the results of the M6 & 90. May be forced to get a 135 - after the Noct of course. > (If you aren't sometimes real scared in a racing car, there's something wrong > with you.) You want a real thrill, try instructing in 911 Turbo driven by someone who assumes since they can afford the car, they can drive it too. Sigh. > And I've been carrying Leicas. They are small, so if I go through the weekend > without shooting, I don't feel like I've lugged a lot of weight for nothing. Actually since I started with the M6, I have not really increased my load since I only carry the long lens and perhaps the 16mm. > so I have gotten some shots of SO (who drives too), Mine will only play on the skidpad with her all wheel drive wonder, will not "make a fool of myself" on the track. > Hit ratio is often low, but hit ratio without the camera is always 0. Oh so true, and supported fully by Kodak and Fuji :-> > I use mostly color neg film. Believe it or not M pix > can be seen to be different on 4x6's from the local lab. This is how I got hooked. Few years back Leica had a try and M or and R outfit. Liked the R but not enough to switch. Played with the M with a 35, 50, & 90. It was in December and we had some snow. Wandered around the local village and shot a roll. When we developed the film from some other stuff, that roll was in the batch. Vicki asked what I used for "these" pictures. Looking at them I said the Leica, why? Her answer - I'm in trouble now. How right she was. Bill