Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Introduction
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:17:23 -0600 (CST)

Welcome aboard Ryan.  Will look forward to seeing your photos.

Gene

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From: "Ryan Scott Bardsley" <rbardsley at gmail.com>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:11:40 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [Leica] Introduction


Hello,

My name is Ryan and I thought I would write to introduce myself as a new 
member. I am anxiously awaiting my second Leica, albeit my first digital 
one., that will be arriving later this week. I have been shooting for a 
while now. My dad started me on his Nikon F2 and I fell in love with 
photography from there. Mostly, I shoot for pleasure, though I do do some 
studio work for my job. I am a designer and sometimes need to do a quick 
product shot. A while back I bought a Minilux and it still comes with me on 
every bit of travel I do. I wanted something that I could point, shoot, and 
capture something quickly merely because it was always in my pocket. It is a 
great little camera.

My digital workhorse has been a Canon 20D that I bought when they were hot, 
and fresh, and young. The time came when it was time for something a bit 
more interesting. I have two small children. I am only going to have one 
chance to capture images of them when they are this age. And I wanted 
something that would challenge my photography skills and make my life 
interesting. After a good deal of research, I settled on a lightly-used M8. 
I couldn't justify spending the additional $2k - $4k to get into an M8.2 or 
an M9. So, the shutter noise shouldn't be a problem with my "subjects" and I 
don't mind the smaller sensor. Along with the body, I opted for the 
Summicron 50mm lens which seems to be a good starter lens to get into using 
a rangefinder camera.

I am now waiting for the mailman to bring me several small, heavy boxes. 

Looking forward to learning some things here. Thanks for listening.

Ryan
Boston, MA



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