Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] New List Member
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:03:53 +0200
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Welcome Wendy,

As others, I hope see soon your work,

Cheers
Lluis

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El 04/10/2009, a las 10:13, Wendy Thurman escribi?:

> Hello!
>
> I recently joined the list and would like to thank you all for  
> making the
> resource available- there is a huge amount of information here!
>
> I do not own a Leica but I am looking to purchase one of the new  
> M9's when
> they become available.  I've shot film with M3's and M6's so am not a
> complete stranger to Leica rangefinders; I wouldn't be averse to a  
> film
> camera but I am working in Afghanistan and don't want to deal with
> processing film here.  Digital is the only practical solution for me  
> at this
> time.  My photography revolves largely around people and street  
> scenes and I
> know this is where the Leica cameras really shine.  Long a Nikon  
> shooter, my
> beloved D700 won't be disposed of- it does a lot of things very well,
> particularly low light- but quite frankly the weight of the camera  
> and a few
> lenses is becoming annoying.
>
> While waiting for the M9 to become available (I buy through B&H as  
> they
> deliver here very quickly, I'd like to buy at least one lens.  The 35
> Summicron Aspherical is currently in the shopping cart; the 50/1.4  
> Summilux
> Aspherical is what I was thinking about as a "first lens" but it is
> currently not in stock at B&H.  Any opinions or thoughts you might  
> have on
> the subject of "first lens" would be appreciated.
>
> Afghanistan is, photographically, a very rich environment and I hope  
> to be
> able to contribute something interesting to the list and perhaps the
> gallery.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Wendy
>
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