Re: [Leica] Available Lenses

[Mike Gil <dtt2150@yahoo.com>]

Michael,

I would also put my vote for the tele 90 2.8 its a
great lens fits in your pocket, really sharp.  Unless
you need speed, its a great $500 lens.  

I don't know about subscribing to the LHSA, the
magazine is horrible at $50 for a quarterly
publication. Get National Geographics, you'll learn
more looking at all the great photography.

I use to be a member off and on of the LHSA hoping the
magazine would get better but it has just gone down
hill.  The articles are full of empty space or big
type to fill space.  Most articles are so esoteric as
to be worthless to users and collectors.  I think what
did it for me was the long article on how to shoot
really bad flash pictures in a liquor store. Or any of
the other articles on how to take bad pictures with a
black paint M3.

If you want to look at a specialty magazine that
delivers every month and cost $40 try the American
Orchid Societys journal "Orchids".  Gorgeous color
photography and articles for every level of interest. 
Also at the end of the year you get a great calendar.


mike gil

- --- Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net> wrote:
> This is my first posting to the LUG.  I've been a
> lurker for a little
> over a month, and am very much enjoying these
> spirited exchanges.  I
> became a Leica owner when an entirely undeserved M6
> TTL was dropped into
> my lap by my late father-in-law.  My camera prior to
> this was a Kodak
> point and shoot.  Obviously, it is not a just or
> fair universe in which
> we live.  However, I am reading voraciously,
> attending photography
> classes, and following the LUG and various online
> resources to try to
> become worthy of this magnificent feat of
> engineering.
> The camera came with a 50 mm collapsible Summitar
> that I have been very
> happy using.  However, I'd like to acquire a longer
> focal length lens to
> take family photos; everyone here is aggravated by
> my constant intrusion
> into personal space to properly frame my photos, and
> my year old
> daughter tries to poke the lens.
> Right now, Leica lenses seem beyond my price range,
> particularly new
> ones.  I've seen some nice photos done with Zeiss
> lenses.  Can they be
> adapted to the Leica?  If so, where would one find
> an adapter? Other
> recommended lens and how to adapt them?  I've
> searched the LUG archives
> and done online searches vainly trying to find
> enough information, and
> camera shops online don't provide this sort of
> information.  I'm a babe
> in the woods here; any guidance members of the LUG
> can provide would be
> much appreciated.
> Michael Gerard
> geeman1066@earthlink.net
> 
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