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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: New and Old Lenses
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:24:11 -0600
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Sounds great.  I doubt you will ever make wall-sized murals from these 
anyway.  With Leica gear, the cropped sensor should be just fine.

Horses for courses............................. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/12/2016 4:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> 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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