[Leica] S2 envy...

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Yep your Nikons make perfect sense for what you do Jayanand and an M9 would
be the wrong tool.
But Ive never followed this 'religious' position that M lenses must only be
used wide open (nor the commandant about thou shalt not use a tripod)!
Most of mine are fast and I use them wide open if I want/need to but much of
the time do not. They don't perform worse when you stop them down a couple
of f stops!
They do allow you to control the depth of field exactly as you want and they
will still do a superb job if I need them to be fully open.

Cheers
Geoff

*"Isabelle for Prime Minister"*
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On 25 August 2011 13:19, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:

> The S2 looks extremely tempting, judging from the exceptional results, but
> for my preferences in photography, it is not a great tool - neither is the
> M9 - I would not buy either. I need long lenses and low light performance.
> Besides, my ability to focus lenses wide open is deteriorating with age
> (otherwise why shoot LeicaM?). So I keep drooling for a Nikon D3s....(-:
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Which raises some very interesting and relevant points. I agee that the
> S2
> > would be the wrong tool for your style of photography Nathan.
> > Still it's hard not to be impressed when you see the photographs it makes
> > of
> > course.
> >
> > At the natural light model photography class I Iattended (run by Peter
> > Coulson http://www.koukei.com.au/ )  I asked him why he was shooting
> with
> > a
> > full frame Canon dSLR rather than the Hasselblads that he normally uses
> in
> > his studio. I've watched him working with those tethered and studio
> > lighting
> > and he is very good at what he does. He cited the ISO restrictions with
> the
> > Hasselblad and the limited focal lengths. I'd add the lack of very fast
> > glass personally
> > Unsurprising there were 14 photographers with dSLRs (Nikons and lonely
> > Sonys) and one M9. From model and students...."oh it's not a film
> > camera?cool!"
> >
> > Still when he was demonstrating using I guess about the 200 end of a zoom
> > for one setup, I was in close and speaking with the (delightful) model.
> In
> > this case the levitating Izzy.
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/137293471
> > I certainly wouldn't feel handicapped with S2 instead of M9 for fashion
> > type
> > shots, in or out of studio. Oh my, the lenses and files it has.
> >
> > For landscape photography of course the S2 could be superb but the M9 is
> > showing strengths there too with some advantages in portability for
> > example.
> > Ask Tina or Paul Roark or he who has not yet come out there!.
> >
> > I WANT one for both purposes.
> >
> > But carry the S2 and an extra lens or two everywhere on the streets
> > of Barcelona or New york, not so practical.
> >
> > Horses for courses of courses.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> >
> > *"Izzy you are a photographer's dream" ANTM judges*
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > O
> >
>
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