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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: New and Old Lenses
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:21:04 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1DShXMmfW6zyCDnBoRsu32sHemH0KfHExVO8GcCdT4-Pg@mail.gmail.com> <1455314716159.97261@mcmaster.fr> <CA+yJO1C4Rsx8QH_DHPQ9Z0E5BduZaAtcE8gW=hqpL+v3_FBO1A@mail.gmail.com> <1455315178109.74374@mcmaster.fr> <CA+yJO1B_bhfbMO5RVg-auYy2OvBykWDxBVAUufCDOQQTbtGQHQ@mail.gmail.com> <56BE5A5E.7070104@lighttube.net>

Amen!! Thank you, Jim.  I'm looking forward to trying out this camera for
street photos.

Tina

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Tina, to me your approach makes perfect sense.  You have a great camera
> that has AF, but the only available AF lens made for it is huge.  Go to
> Plan B.  Equip it with a small AF lens that will also work with the
> camera.  Rest your eyes and take pictures.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 2/12/2016 4:14 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> BUT IT'S NOT AUTOFOCUS!!  Why don't you understand this?  I get it, you
>> are
>> not 70 years old and you still have younger eyes.  Good luck in the
>> future.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:11 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Shrug, one of your M 35mm's would work on all your cameras with the same
>>> angle of view....
>>>
>>> john
>>> ________________________________________
>>>
>>> I don't have the T.  I don't want the T.  I have way too many Leica
>>> cameras.  If I can find a lens that I think would be useful and it works
>>> on
>>> a camera I already have, that's what I'm buying.  Besides, I got a great
>>> deal.
>>>
>>> My whole point is to travel with the fewest cameras and the fewest lenses
>>> to do what I want to do.  As long as they are Leicas.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:03 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be even smaller and lighter on the camera it was designed
>>>>
>>> for?
>>>
>>>> john
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From:  Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to play with it some more but the SL is really small and easy
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> hold with the 23T lens on it.  I think it will be great for street
>>>>
>>> shooting
>>>
>>>> with the auto-focus.  It actually feels like it weighs less than my new
>>>> M246.
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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