Re: [Leica] Hello. Sorry long.

[Martins Zelmenis <martin@lrpv.lv>]

Hi!

I'm glad to hear such praise for your new equipment! (I wouldn't say I
expected it to be that way - or else     - - -        ;-)            Maybe
I'd say you've got a good minilab in your vicinity!        ;-)        )

Martin




> Hello everyone.
>
> I've been following some of the threads in lurk mode for a few weeks
> now. Photography has been a passion for some 30 years now. I've used
> many systems over the years and have loved them all. To this day I still
> get a warm and fuzzy handling a nice piece of equipment, and feel a
> child's enthusiasm when picking up prints from the local lab.
>
> Having recently sold some items that I was no longer using and a few
> that I had collected, I was left with a substantial sum of money. (Ebay
> isn't that bad) What to do? "You know I've always wanted a Leica M
> system."  But all the controversy you read about the cost. Is it worth
> it? Well as I have done many times in my life I closed my eyes and threw
> my money at the system. M6TTL, 35 Summicron ASPH, 50 Elmar (I always
> thought this was a cool lens) and a 90 Summicron APO ASPH.
>
> Prior to the M system I'd been using Nikon F5 with all the newer optics,
> mostly high end zooms, and a few specialty primes. I find no faults with
> the Nikon system other than its bulk and weight. The results I've gotten
> have been amazing. Recently I sold a G1 system that I had used for
> travel. Mainly because I didn't like the focus noise or the problematic
> focusing of the 90. I think that Contax really missed the boat by not
> making this system a true manual focus.
>
> For work (construction) I am lost without digital. (Nikon 995) The
> camera has saved me quite a bit of money. You can't argue with an image.
> I did dislike carrying it due to battery needs but have resolved that
> problem through the use of a sealed lead acid battery from an emergency
> backup exit sign. So now I carry it a little more often. For recording
> events it's not a bad system.
>
> Back to the M6. Yesterday I picked up some prints I had dropped off a
> few days ago. Two rolls from my daughters T2, not a bad camera for a ten
> year old. :-) I've tried to teach her the use of a manual camera but she
> isn't ready yet. Her composition is good though. Two rolls were from my
> F5 with 17-35 F2.8, and lastly one roll from the M6 with the 35
> Summicron ASPH. I started out with the T2 prints, then the F5, and
> finally the M6. The T2 prints were good, the F5 prints were excellent,
> and the M6 prints were....I'm at a loss of words. Is this the "glow"
> everyone talks about? I'm amazed! The prints just popped out at you.
> I've never seen anything like it. The first time using the camera and I
> get results like this? OK, so the first thing through my mind is weather
> my mind is justifying the cost. So I ask the president of the household
> to pass judgment. What does she pick? The M6 prints. "These are
> beautiful". Still at a loss of words I guess I'll have to shoot more
> film. :-)
>
> And finally a question. Can I get a little feed back on the 24 Elmarit
> ASPH and the 21 Elmarit ASPH? Likes and dislikes are welcomed.
>
> Thanks and sorry about the length of the post.
>
> Sam Krneta
>
>
>
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