Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] Old lenses and M8
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:46:29 -0700
References: <8CC1D630E99927F-4538-89D@webmail-m078.sysops.aol.com>
 
On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:04 AM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:

> Do I sense a ground swell of feeling that the M*s should be  
> cherished because they make old lenses perform better by eliminating  
> the poorer rendition in the corners? Seems like the inverse of the  
> opinion that film M Leicas were to be desired over the M8 because  
> Leica lenses were designed for the corners rather than the central  
> area. I'm confused. I have a lot of old Leica lenses. Do I buy a  
> used M8 or save my pennies for an M9?


if you were in love with two women, one fat/one skinny would you put  
it  to a vote?


:-)


> Larry Z
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