Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Product lineup
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 14:37:23 -0400

I disagree, I've often done very low light work with Tmax 3200 at 3200 and
6400 with f1.4 and f2 lenses wide open or nearly so. Having a
high-sensitivity sensor and fast lenses really opens up the darkness to be
captured.

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On 5/11/12 2:33 PM, "charcot" <charcot at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Ernie "ludite" Nitka here:  Leica's lineup is confusing to me.  They
>are making world class , super fast lenses as if we were still shooting
>film and at the same time making advances in ISO on their digital
>bodies.  So what is the purpose of a 21/2.4 on a monochrome camera with
>ISO of 10K ( assuming that usable iso is 2-3K).  It is rather mute as I
>can't afford the new , fast lenses even though I still shoot film.
>
>If I were Leica I'd go back to f/2.5 lineup that was afordable and would
>mate up fine with higher iso M9.
>
>en
>
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