Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] High ISOs Comparison
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Dec 8 22:15:59 2006

Walt I had 2 Nikkormats over the years and loved both.  However they are no 
longer supported by Nikon or any other repair facility I have been able to 
find, so when they fail they are good only as paper weights.  My F3 sits and 
collects dust, well it really sits in a spare camera bag upstairs unused.

gene


-------------- Original message from Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com>: 
-------------- 


> I was making a comparison based upon spending a few hundred dollars or 
> 5000 Reichmarks and then looking at the results. Personally, I hate the 
> Nikkormats but have a near new F3, 24,35,50 1.4, 55 2.8, 100 2.8 
> (Vivitar) and a 200 f4. (just looked in a drawer and found a Tamron 
> 19-35 and a Tokina doubler) I think I have too much unused junk and 
> since this is Friday, I'm open for offers. :-) 
> 
> Keep shooting but watch out for sunspots 
> 
> Walt 
> 
> Douglas Herr wrote: 
> 
> > On Dec 7, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: 
> > 
> >> What if the Nikkormat with a 50mm f2.0 provided a better finished 
> >> product than your M8? 
> > 
> > 
> > I don't see why someone who is interested in a digital rangefinder 
> > would care how a film SLR of any vintage or capabilities compares. A 
> > more logical comparison would be a film SLR and a digital SLR and in 
> > this comparison for me from viewing prints the digital SLR (DMR in my 
> > case) has pretty much replaced the film SLR at ISO 400 and above. BTW 
> > I do have a recently-CLA'd Nikkormat FTN with 50mm f/2 lens (also 50mm 
> > f/1.4 AIS, 55mm f/2.8, 200mm f/4 and 300mm f/4.5 ED non-IF). 
> > 
> > Doug Herr 
> > Birdman of Sacramento 
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com 
> > 
> > 
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