[Leica] Introduction

[rbardsley at gmail.com (Ryan Scott Bardsley)]

Hello everyone,

I have been thoroughly enjoying seeing the wonderful pictures everyone has
been taking. Thank you.

My lens arrived today, same with my memory card. The body comes tomorrow.
Oh, the wait! I am scheduled to take a business trip to NYC tomorrow. I
hope the FedEx deliveryman gets there before I leave for the train station.
It would be nice to have it with me.

I am still trying to dig up some pictures I took with my Minilux. They are
hard to find on my hard drive due to the lack of EXIF data. Bah.

R



On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> 
wrote:

>
> Hi Ryan, Welcome aboard the LUG vessel, bienvenue, I joined this group a
> few months ago so I'm not a veteran but I can tell you will find the most
> amazing pictures here and the most interesting comments and discussions
> ever. BTW I use a M8 + Elmar 50 or Summicron 35, it's a marvelous camera,
> you'll be very happy with it.Jean-Michel (Strasbourg, France)
>  > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:17:23 -0600
> > From: grduprey at mchsi.com
> > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Introduction
> >
> > Welcome aboard Ryan.  Will look forward to seeing your photos.
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 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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