iangee Posted April 21, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 21, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Although I have had Leicas since 1986 and an M8 since March 2007 I have never bothered with forums before. Having received info about the M9 from Leica on 090909 I decided to read more about it on this forum and eventually placed an order on 1 December. I should get it tomorrow — nineteen weeks — sounds like a record to me! I have enjoyed reading the forum and learning what to look out for in my new camera. I was pleased to see names familiar to me from LFI and other magazines. I had previously bought a lens code template for marking my older lens for use on my M8 from Bo Lorentzen and was also interested to see the recent pictures by Chris Tribble of Dunham Park in the snow as I had a photographic studio in the adjoining town of Altrincham, Cheshire for 39 years before retiring to Cheltenham in 2001. I took my first snow pictures in Dunham Park on a Microcord twin lens reflex in the 1950s. Originally I was an industrial photographer using a 4x5inch Sinar Expert, a beautifully engineered camera but Hasselblads were my principal tools for most of the time. I bought my first M6 in 1986 in order to easier focus when taking PR pictures in hotels with poor lighting. The rangefinder was so much easier than my manual focus Contax SLRs ( there was no auto focus then.) A s/h hand M2 followed as a spare body and I still have those two with an assortment of lenses, but disposed of a superfluous M6 TTL. One lens I have which I have not seen mentioned in these threads is a 20mm f/5.6 PYCCAP (Russian). I bought it some years ago and it came with a very good viewfinder which has parallax correction. On film there is a noticeable amount of vignetting at full aperture, not noticeable on the M8, but I hope this can be corrected in processing. I use Aperture 3 for my other cameras so it will be my choice for the M9. When using the 20mm on my M8 I used the CV15mm viewfinder. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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erl Posted April 21, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 21, 2010 Welcome aboard Ian. I am sure you will find plenty to interest, inform and entertain you here. Sorting out the knowledge and the humour can sometimes be confusing, but fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted April 21, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 21, 2010 Welcome, Ian, and congratulations on the M9! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alnitak Posted April 21, 2010 Share #4 Posted April 21, 2010 Welcome! I for one will be interested to see how that 20mm does on the M9 as I am always fascinated with different lenses and that is nota one I am familiar with. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted November 10, 2013 Share #5 Posted November 10, 2013 Welcome Ian. I missed your joining ! I still look for your house on The Downs every time I pass that way. I was a young man when I first admired your work and also that of Roy Doorbar. I'm not now and I ploughed your furrow for a while, but the ground got a bit stoney. :-) Enjoy your retirement. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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