Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations Jeffery! I hope you enjoy it and don't forget your X-TOL! Saludos desde Barcelona Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Jeffery Smith Enviado el: viernes, 16 de marzo de 2007 2:01 Para: 'Leica Users Group' Asunto: [Leica] M8 - a reversal of viewpoint 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