Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still like the look of film. The film cameras will always be a big factor in my photography. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Red Dawn Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:46 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 - a reversal of viewpoint Hi Jeffery, I think you should still take your film Ms, plus some film as backup. The M8 has a well documented and well chronicled history (so far) of dying in users' hands. You have been warned! :) Enjoy the trip and take lots of photos!!! -- David Teo Boon Hwee On 3/16/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > Whenever I got a new Leica lens, I always had to contemplate whether > the camera body, the film, the developer, or the scan/print would do > the lens justice. With the appearance of the M8, we seem to have > reached something of a great equalizer. A lot of variables have been > eliminated, and now one has > to wonder if he/she is doing the M8 justice with the lens attached to the > front of it. ;-) > > With the Santa Fe trip nearing, I was agonizing over how I was going > to get 50 rolls of film to and from New Mexico without the authorities > nuking it silly. For 6 months, I was agonizing over whether or not I > would buy an M8. > I finally tried to quell two agonies with one decision and got the M8. It > arrived today. I got a chrome one so it would "go well" with any one my > lenses except the funny titanium-colored one. > > Now I agonize over which lens to put on the front of it. Things were > much easier for the young Capa and young HCB, when the answer was "A > Leica with a 50/3.5 Elmar" or "A Contax with a 50/2 Sonnar". > > I guess I'll start with the 50/1.4 'Lux. Can't wait until dawn. > > Jeffery > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information