Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Mark. I'm thinking about a D700 to complement the M8 but it's still a bit too big. Maybe that new Pentax K7 will prove interesting... On May 23, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Mark Pope wrote: > So much for a 'quick hello' :-) > > What a great debate to start on the LUG... > > I really enjoyed the pictures Ming. I thought Tina's comments > about the FF DSLRs gathering dust was interesting. I've just got a > second M8 body - it was going to be a toss-up between a 5D Mk II > body or M8 and the M8 won in the end. I will keep my canon lenses > and continue to use my 20Ds for the forseeable future. The outfit > is 'good enough' for long lens and macro work. > > Whilst I don't do an awful lot of street or people photography, I > find the M8 just suits my way of working, though I do enjoy working > in LF from time to time. > Tina's comments on L series lenses and CA I think may have sealed > the deal for me. I think my next purchase will be an 18mm Super- > Elmar - in fact I decided to get the filter for this lens as a > freebie when I registered the M8. Just need to sell my darkroom > and save some more pennies to get the lens... > > > Hope you enjoy the LUG. > > All the best > > > Mark > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog > Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php? > gallery=paw/2009 > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php? > gallery=paw/2008 > > > Thein Onn Ming wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> I'm new here so I thought I'd quickly introduce myself. Where to >> start...apart from showing the same equipment addiction symptoms >> as everybody else here, I'm a contributing editor for a photo >> magazine in Malaysia and shoot mainly watches, photojournalism and >> architecture - though I did do wildlife for a while. I'm a recent >> Leica convert - everybody thought I was mad, and some still do, >> when I traded my D3 for an M8 - but loving the different >> perspective I get from shooting RF. I have a regularly updated >> (daily, pretty much) flickr page at www.flickr.com/mingthein - >> please drop by and take a look. >> Cheers >> Ming >> THEIN Onn Ming >> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com >> www.flickr.com/mingthein >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein