Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> It's a very limited system A lot more expandable than Contax, VL. > It has a limited range of lenses Last time I counted, Leica M lens come in 21, 24, 28, 28/35/50, 35, 50, 75, 90, 135 and comes in various speed from Summilux to Summicron to Elmarit to Elmar. And everyone of these lens have its own signature. My favorite is the 35 Cron. > It has a limited range of shutter speeds True, would be nice to have a 1/2000. > It has a 2FPS winder and no motor drive The M is not a cine-movie camera. I question the need for even a winder. > It has no focus assist Never need or trust it. > It is impossible to do macro work with it. Sure you can with the Visoflex system. > What do you want from me? What do you want from US ? - --- Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> wrote: > > OK.. > It's an incredibly useful and versatile system!!!! > I use it to take pictures of pet rabbit Andy. > Happy? > Javier > > --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> wrote: > > Javier Perez wrote: > > > > > > Focusing very fast long lenses is a problem > > > if you have high res optics and want to make > > > large prints. > > > > True, even with lousy optics and any size > > enlargements. > > > > >With a long enough base and magnification you > could > > focus > > >them more accurately than you could with the eye > > through a > > >viewfinder.This is right up Leitz' alley if the > > should choose > > > to develop it. > > > > I used to shoot a 180mm f2.8 Zeiss Olympia on a > > Pentax 645 (med. > > format). > > Depth of field at f2.8 is very slim. To get sharp > > pictures I would put > > it > > on a tripod and check critical focus with a > eyepiece > > magnifier. > > Of course if you are shooting with a longer focal > > length than that, > > you could always stop down, check your depth of > > field and set the lens > > to infinity... > > > > > As for the M system being near useless, > > > if you call being limited to focal lengths from > 15 > > to > > > 135 and no CV zooming useful, stick with it. > > > > I wouldn't exactly call the focal lengths from 15 > to > > 135 'limited'. > > Up until about 20 years ago, when good zooms > became > > widely available, > > photographers got along pretty fine with what you > > describe. > > I don't see what you are getting at with a > > amateurish statement like > > that. > > > > > > >As for me, I like to take long shots on occasion > > without > > >having to bring along a second system.;-)) > > > > So why did you by a rangefinder to begin with? It > > sounds like you > > would be better off with a Nikon or Canon with a > > wide range zoom. > > > > > > >Finally, ask yourself why about 90% of the people > > on this list have > > > another system, usually reflex and it's usually > > their primary system. > > > Later > > > Javier > > > > > > > Most craftsmen have more than one tool in their > kit. > > Different types of jobs require different tools. > > > > > > feli > > > > -- > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy > to > > smile all the time. > > -Ethan Ormsby > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) > > 314-2800 ext.3074 > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html