Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome Wendy, As others, I hope see soon your work, Cheers Lluis Lluis Ripoll Querol lluisripollquerol at gmail.com http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll Blog: http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information