[Leica] CV 15mm lens on M8

[pkolodny at fibertel.com.ar (Pablo Kolodny)]

tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote:

> Pablo mon ami,
> They are expensive no question and obviously the M8 the most of the breed. 
> But
> for me they are nothing more than tools of the trade and as I see them they
> are the best for the job.

Yes, Ted, expensive tools though... good you can afford it.
No doubt I'd be at one if I could.
Meantime I'll keep myself at shooting with some cheaper arrays.

> I've never expected them, the M nor the SLR's, to be absolutely 100% 
> perfect
> no matter the cost. WHY? Well I haven't ever come across a "perfect
> photographer either!" :-) So why expect more from a human manufactured 
> camera.

Maybe because the more you invest on tools the more you expect from them ?
Still, too good it is not cameras that take good pictures but those behind
cameras. So let's keep ourselves to be good human beings.
> 
> I see the M view finder guide lines no matter how close they are as stated 
> by
> the manufacturer. As nothing more than a kind of close proximity to what we
> can expect to be on the film. But never absolutely perfectly exact.

Exactly, just was wondering about makers claiming how accurate their finders
are. 

> Sure there have been times I've used the 15mm on the M and  never looked
> through the camera view finder to focus just winging it knowing the depth 
> at
> 8-11-16 is so deep it really doesn't matter because everything from the 
> tip of
> your nose is going to be sharp.
> However the wider the aperture and the closeness to subject I will focus if
> I'm real tight on the subject.

I wouldn't say you'd be missing a photo for just getting it sharp, wouldn't
you ? I mean, what it makes a photo worth seeing/shooting/... is the
subject, the moment. Not only sharpness is what we're about so it is not
precision at framing either.

> By the same token when you are shooting a considerable amount with the 
> super
> wides you can just look through the camera view finder and be very very 
> close
> to what the lens is covering without looking through the external view 
> finder.
> The more you use the lens the more you become accustomed to what it's
> covering.

agree

> And as far as Tina with the beast viwfinder on top of the camera I bet she
> shoots more without it than with it! :-)
> ted

so do I, it's just that that made me curious. That of Tina saying she hates
something after seeing her with such a huge viewfinder on top of her M8.
Nothing to be much concerned with, actually.

saludos

Pablo