Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Old lenses and M8
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:46:20 -0700
References: <C6FF99F3.56A65%mark@rabinergroup.com> <DC501295-F5D4-4270-8871-B931D58FFC99@mac.com>

On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:57 AM, LvD wrote:

> Since I have the M9 the fun is back.
>
> I can see now that I was never really comfortable with the M8, not  
> like I was with the M6 and MP.
>
> Something was not right for me. The frames, the way my lenses were  
> behaving and the noise.
>
> At the end, when I was using it, it was only with the 28 and the 50,  
> the only frames that were working for me.
>
> Now, the 35 and the 75 are back in my bag.
>
> I feel home again and I'm really enjoying it.
>
> I only hope that it will show in my pictures soon.
>
> ;-)
>
> I will keep the M8 as a backup.


Lucien, that about sums up my feelings too, and my strategy...


feels like my
>
> The backup I was missing with the M8 because I was obviously not  
> going to invest in a second M8 or M8.2.
>
> That lack of backup prevented me to take the M8 for those 'once in a  
> lifetime travels' or so called 'important' assignments.
>
> Although I never had a single problem with it.
>
> Lucien
>
>
>
>
> Mark Rabiner 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?
>>> Larry Z
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Nobody cares about the corners. Get an M9. You're going to see M8's  
>> selling
>> for very little money after a year or less. There is a reason. They  
>> are not
>> made any more. There is a reason.
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Old lenses and M8)
Message from lucien_vd at mac.com (LvD) ([Leica] Old lenses and M8)