Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]whoa whoa whoa and whoa. everyone is using different camera and I am a newbie also have few toys for my hobby. I have leica M6TTL with 35mm bulleyes f2.8 summacron lens (old lens and really want to upgrade to 35mm f2.0 asph), R8 with 50mm f2 lens non rom 2 cams, a nikon FM2n with motor drive with 135 f2.8, 100 f2.8, 50mm f 1.8 E lens. all of nikon is my backup body. all the lens is nicely sharp but it has very low resolution. I try to make a print for 11x14 and there is so much of grain and lost of sharpness compare to leica optic. a Rolleiflex T model is my favorite only medium format (don't have $$ to go for hasselblad or new rollei SLR medium format) I really want to see how the S series lens but it is too much to afford. beside with the money, i just buy leica lens which I will never regret after own the leica optic Olivier - -----Original Message----- From: JR Geoffrion [mailto:jeanrene@geoffrion.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:35 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] What are some other camera brands non-Leica whichpeople here use ? Given the number of responses, I felt I had to give my $0.02. Here I go. I learned my "basics" on a my dad's R3 with a 35/2, 60/2.8, and 90/2 back in the late 70s. Given that I couldn't afford much (if anything at all), I bought a second hand Konica T4 with a 28/2.8, 50/1.7, and a 200/4. After a few years, I moved on to Minolta. I got a series of second hand SRT-101, -201, and 202 as well as lenses such a 28/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/1.7, Vivitar Series One 90/2.5 macro, Vivitar Series One 90-180, 135/2.8... When I got "rich", I bought an XG-M... I paid CA$230 for the body... just before the X-700 came out. When my grandfather passed away in '91, I herited is Nikon FE, 35/2.8, and a 75-150 Serie E (a mighty fine lens might I add) and proceeded to sell my Minolta gear. Eventually both a second body (everybody needs a second body), a FM2 with an MD-12. Of course, change the screen to a beattie screen (how can anyone focus with these dark FE/FM2 screens?). Two years ago, I bought an F100, an 80-200 AF-S (nice, sharp lens -- but too intimidating), a 17-35 AF-S, and an SB-28 flash and SC-17 TTL cord (who leaves their flash on the camera?). My wife just bought an N80 to use the lenses and got it today. She's pretty happy. On the Leica side, M6 0.85 TTL with the 90 APO is my favorite... Regards, JR