Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wendy, Welcome to the list from a place a little closer to where you are... Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > On Oct 4, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: > >> 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... >> > > hi Wendy and welcome... I look forward to seeing your photos from > Afghanistan, using the M9, and experiences with it, > > or certainly with any camera... > > it will be interesting to see if people take up the M9 as a common powerful > tool of photojournalism, > > > in any case, > > stay safe, > > Steve > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >