wparsonsgisnet Posted January 16, 2007 Share #21 Posted January 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thomas, I have been using the M8 since mid-December and will have taken about 3000 pix by the end of this month. I use the 35mm f1.4 asph and the 50mm f14. asph quite a lot. I also carry the 24mm f2.8 asph, but find the slow speed a problem for me. I have a 75mm f1.4 that I am using as a long lens. I am now looking at options for a wider lens. This camera provides so much clarity and detail that I am able to do landscapes and need something wider than 32-effective. The CV15 looks very interesting, but I'm waiting for my bank account to recover from the M8 purchase, at the moment. Maybe a few more commissions will help. I'm also trying to feel more comfortable with the new device. it's not automatic in my hands, yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tom0511 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share #22 Posted January 16, 2007 Thomas, I have been using the M8 since mid-December and will have taken about 3000 pix by the end of this month. I use the 35mm f1.4 asph and the 50mm f14. asph quite a lot. I also carry the 24mm f2.8 asph, but find the slow speed a problem for me. I have a 75mm f1.4 that I am using as a long lens. I am now looking at options for a wider lens. This camera provides so much clarity and detail that I am able to do landscapes and need something wider than 32-effective. The CV15 looks very interesting, but I'm waiting for my bank account to recover from the M8 purchase, at the moment. Maybe a few more commissions will help. I'm also trying to feel more comfortable with the new device. it's not automatic in my hands, yet. Bill, as a lomg time M6 user the M8 feels automatic in my hands I am impressed how good the exposure metering works compared to the multi-thousand-point-metering of Nikon or Canon cameras. Not that much need for exp. comp. IMO with the M8. Regarding lens speed I would classify in daylight and available light shooting. For daylight f4 and slower is fine for me (and thats why I evaluate the Tri-Es), for the second f2.8 is kind of slow, f2 fine and f1.4 wanted sometimes. The cv15 is a real bargain IMO. If I didnt have 50 and 28 lenses allready I might even check out the cv 28/1.9 and 50/1.5 instead/before getting Leica lenses. cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted January 16, 2007 Share #23 Posted January 16, 2007 Doesn't just look ugly Thomas, it IS ugly! Mais mes amis ! Cette appareille est une chose de grande beauté ! This new viewfinder was designed by a lady with a passion for utility! The individual German-made single focal length finders are elegant and useful but require changing finders when you change focal lengths. The Minolta-made universal finder 21, 24, 28 looks great, but with eyeglasses I can’t use it. Now at last, Leica has given us in a single package a finder for five different focal lengths ranging from 16mm to 28mm; it is large enough that even cold fingers won’t likely drop it when fumbling for a lens, and large enough to grant many of us glasses wearers a clear view. And it gives its user a sheer *presence* that the Leica alone can’t present: With this finder the Leica resembles a twin-lens reflex, workhorse camera from 50 years ago. And its naked size grants the user tremendous renommée just like motion picture directors’ viewfinders of the past. Wear it on a lanyard separate from the camera and when people ask, “What is that?” just shrug, hold it to your eye, look at them through it, and say, “I’m scouting locations.” Ou sont les neiges d’antan ? Ce n’est pas important, ça ! Ce viseur est une chose de l’avenir ! Y elle est bien faite ! --HC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 16, 2007 Share #24 Posted January 16, 2007 What are you on, HC??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted January 16, 2007 Share #25 Posted January 16, 2007 What are you on, HC??? Shhhh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 16, 2007 Share #26 Posted January 16, 2007 Please bring some when you visit What is the Minolta Universal Finder? The Leica monster leaves me cold, I am afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share #27 Posted January 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) There is still the Leica 21-24-28 finder. I am not sure yet what to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted January 17, 2007 Share #28 Posted January 17, 2007 I think it grows everytime I see it. Designed by a woman apparently... It's not just ugly. It's monstrous -- not only visually, but from a practical point of view. Oh yes, I know, the Solms people thought "now we have a wide angle problem, so let's solve it once and for all". So they failed. (And they were all males ...) Let's face it, to 99 percent of us a super wide is an 'occasional lens'. We don't want to drag this monstrosity around. Give me an f:4 prime 16 mm lens with RF coupling and a decent brightline finder, like the discontinued (in 2002) line but with a decent screw-down foot. Anyone agree? The obsolete old man from the Age of the Super Angulon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffreyg Posted January 17, 2007 Share #29 Posted January 17, 2007 Is that picture of the finder for real? Gee, its as big as the camera! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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