Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] 2500 ISO
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Tue Nov 7 05:50:34 2006
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On Nov 6, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:

> If someone could show me a real advantage to $5000 cameras maybe, but 
> holy cow that's a lot of Tri-X.

Think of it as a K25 camera plus a Tri-X camera plus a Provia 400F 
camera plus a polaroid back plus a long-roll back.  If you want or need 
to use all these tools the M8 can make a lot sense.

> I've broken a few things over the years and tried to take it like a 
> man. Break my M8 and I'd cry all the was to the pharmacist. He sure as 
> hell better have my Valium ready.and waiting.

You should have seen me when I broke my 280 f/4 APO.  Several months 
and US$1900 later it was back as good as new, but was I insane to spend 
that much to _repair_ a 280mm lens, let alone one without a big maximum 
aperture, AF, IS or auto-composition?  The 280 f/4 APO delivers the 
image quality I want in my pictures, image quality I haven't seen from 
any other comparable lens.  I can make good pictures with other lenses 
but I like my pictures more when the 280 APO makes 'em.  Is the 
difference in image quality worth the nearly obscene amount of money it 
costs, particularly for a weekend warrior?  That's for me and SWMBO to 
decide.  Hint: it's not something we fight about.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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