Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 20, 2008, at 5:12 PM, leo wesson wrote: > Nathan, > > It will be interesting to see how going back to an M will change your > photography! Enjoy. > Bid of advice: buy the 15 CV and take the money you saved and get > some golf > clubs; after all you live on a course. > > Leo (who was playing in wind so stiff today that the ball kept > blowing the > ball off the tee) > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> Since this is a Leica list, I expect people will be pleased to >> learn that I >> have decided that M8 prices have fallen sufficiently to buy one >> some time >> during the next few months. So I am thinking of lenses to use with >> it. >> Clearly, a 35mm will serve as a standard lens, but what to use for >> wide >> angle? The various 21mm offerings are not wide enough for me; they >> translate >> into 28mm in film terms, and that is a focal length I never got >> comfortable >> with. To me, it is neither fish nor fowl: not wide enough to really >> capture >> the big expanse but too wide to use for, say, se?orita photos, >> without >> getting so close that you get slapped in the face. >> >> Leica's own WATE or whatever is called is too expensive and I have >> no need >> for all 3 focal lengths. The 15mm lenses from Voigtlander and Zeiss >> are not >> rangefinder coupled. I know that they have great DOF so focusing is >> not >> critical, but still I want rangefinder coupling. >> >> From what I see out there, the 4/18mm Zeiss M lens seems to fit the >> bill, >> both in terms of focal length (corresponds to 24mm, one of my >> favorite focal >> lengths when I was shooting film) and in terms of reasonable price >> (KEH has >> one at the moment for just under $1000). But is it any good? I have >> read >> Erwin's write up on the ZM lenses, and it is quite positive. But >> when he >> wrote it, he did not have this particular lens. >> >> Anybody out there using the 18mm? >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information