Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Opinions on the R8
From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:21:43 -0700
References: <KMEGJDFLECJGACFCMMLCGEHLDCAA.jaycoleman@nyc.rr.com>

love my new R8 and prefer the 35-70....zoom  lens ...which is great ...(to
the 28-70 zoom)..Steve
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From: "Jay Coleman" <jaycoleman@nyc.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Opinions on the R8


> Robert:
>
> The R8 is a great camera.  I have used it as an amateur for portraits,
> nature, travel and just general walking around.  I would not get the
28-70.
> While I am sure it is very good, it is a Sigma lens.  I would stick to
Leica
> designs.  If you are in for the longer focal lengths, I would look at the
> 100 APO, which is a classic, and the 180/2.8 APO or earlier versions
(2.8,
> 3.4 APO).  The 35-70 and 80-200 f4 designs are designed by Leica and
built
> in Japan.  They are excellent optically but a little slow in aperture and
> dark in the viewfinder for my taste.
>
> Jay Coleman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Robert W.
> Clark
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 7:24 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Opinions on the R8
>
>
> Hi all:
> I've thinking about acquiring an R8 plus the 28-70 Vario-Elmarit.  I want
a
> longer focal length to complement my M system (M6, 35 2.0 ASPH & 50 1.4).
> Doesn't have to be a Leica but I'm leaning that way.  My previous SLR was
an
> AE1P with a variety of non-Canon lenses.  I had the opportunity to
inspect
> one down at Carolina Camera in Greensborg and was exceptionally pleased
with
> the ergonomics of the camera...it's design really appeals to me.  I also
> like the depth of field control, the ease of changing the shutter speed
when
> your hand is in shooting mode, and the information in the viewfinder.
> And..of course, it is a Leica.  Perceived drawbacks...no autofocus.  I've
> seen the work of many R users so I know talented people can use any SLR
but
> I want to know what people think of the R8..especially those who have
> employed it in different situations...amateur work, journalism, travel,
etc.
> The price is dropping and I've been greatly pleased with the prints and
> negatives from the lenses and my M6.  Of course, I have always coveted an
> FM2 but never bought one.  Mostly, I do travel photography along with
> family, rural small towns, and seascape/landscapes.
>
> Robert Clark
> Lancaster, PA
>
>  "We can't ever go back to the old things or try and get the 'old kick'
> out of something or find things the way we remembered them.  We have
> them as we remember them and they are fine and wonderful and we have to
> go on and have other things because the old things are nowhere except in
> our minds now."  Hemingway in Paris 1923
>
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