Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > you don't need to go back, to reinvent the wheel... > > you can get an M8... > > you don't know what to do with your money ? > > ....send your $ to Tina, myself, others... > > we are saving up for a second one... > > :-) > > Steve > > > > I'm with you and balking on the thread of just getting something becuae its available cheep with eBay acquisitional mindset and all but an M8 right now is 5 grand and they don't really work right yet. Maybe they'll work right next month. And the idea of shooting film is a whole other ball of wax. A medium format rangefinder take your pick is a Texas Leica. And many smart Leica photographers have one in their bags when certain subject matter says more-so medium format not 35mm. Landscapes for instance. I just feel a little bit funny shooting landscapes in 35mm or with a DSLR. To me such subject matter needs to be printed big and look rich. Not stretched out. A job for bigger formats. Cityscapes can be grainy underdeveloped tri x printed on 16x20 Agfa Brovira #6. And modular medium format cameras have digital capabilities just by switching the backs; and can be gotten for a song; and with scanning make for exasperatingly stupendous quality FOR A SONG! Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com