Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Not a question of courage, but simply that I knew that I would not be shooting much film once I had started using a DSLR, so I could not justify keeping several thousand $ worth of stuff gathering dust on the shelf. I did keep the CL and 40mm Summicron, and one of my R lenses, the 100mm Apo Macro, which I use on the Canon from time to time. I also kept the 21mm CV Color Skopar. If I were to buy an M8, I would primarily buy CV lenses--my experience with them has always been very positive, and with the sensor being smaller than a 35mm film frame, I would not be using the edges of the lens, where the bulk of the quality difference between Leica and CV lenses is to be found. Based on my shooting needs, I would be adding the 1.9/28mm Ultron ($444) or 1.2/35mm Nokton ($819), 2.5/50mm Color Skopar ($289) and either the 2.5/75mm Color Heliar ($295) or the 3.5/90mm Apo Lanthar ($315). Not exactly overwhelming from a financial point of view. (All prices from Stephen Gandy) Nathan On 2-nov-2006, at 16:07, David Rodgers wrote: > Nathan wrote: > >>> ...I sold off all my M lenses in 2004...<< > > Nathan > > That took some courage to sell off your Leica gear. I sold all my M > lenses that I could live without. Surprisingly, I had some duplication > :-) But I kept all my lenses of recent vintage. > SNIP > However, if I'd sold my lenses and had to > replace them too......ouch! > > daveR > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog