Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]28mm framelines? I don't think they appeared until the M4-2. My m3, and my M5 did not have them. On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > When I finished school and started out moving to Portland Oregon all the > photographers doing street work which I met starting out were using a 28 or > a 24's on their Nikon's and that was the lens on their camera they always > used. All I has was a 45mm at first.. A couple of years later I went with > a > 24 2.8 ai in 1977 I used wedding money to get it and a Nikon FM to put it > on.. I got a 28 2.8 years later. > And years later I replaced those two lenses with AF versions which I still > use. > Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were just > starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. That > would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the frame > lines in M's since the M2 in 1957. Did you want to have frame lines pop up > in your M that you didn't have a lens for? No you didn't. Perhaps with the > exception of the 135mm. Or a 75mm. > > > > On 4/5/15 1:20 AM, "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > > > I just got my pristine used 28 'cron delivered today. > > And it will be sunny with scattered clouds tomorrow. > > > > And... I have to work all day. > > > > So I'm whining to you folks 'cause I know you'll understand my > > frustration of having to wait until Monday to go out and play with it. > > > > But if I don't like it, I know where I can get a gently used Nocti! ;-) > > > > Jay > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA