epand56 Posted June 4, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I really love my M 240. It's been three weeks now that i take pictures with it and I like doing it. Nevertheless, I found myself suffering of a strange form of agoraphobia. I mean I switched to de M coming from the M8 and I still find difficult to adapt my eye and my pictures to the full frame space. Anything is wider than I expect.I'm slowly getting confident with it, but it is like having lived in a small house for years and then move to a much more larger one. I noticed that I tended to use longer lenses or to get closer to my subjects to avoid this and then told me it was so stupid. This is why I bought a 21mm. It really made me enjoy large spaces. Now is going better and eventually anything will be ok to me. Anybody else suffered of this pathology. How did you solve it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lct Posted June 4, 2014 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2014 I'm using crop cams along with FF's personally so i don't suffer from the phobia you describe but you liked 15mm lenses on the M8 if i recall correctly. Doesn't make much difference with 21mm lenses on your new M240 does it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted June 4, 2014 Yes, it is. while I expect a large view with a wide angle, I was not used to that with lenses like the 35 or the 50 that on a cropped camera are much more narrow. This disoriented me in the beginning, but I'm quickly getting used to it. I like the M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikaiosune01 Posted June 5, 2014 Share #4 Posted June 5, 2014 I can understand it. The 'physical size' of the sensor has gotten larger; however the size of the rangefinder magnification hasn't changed at all. This can put some of the psychology in whack. It'll take some time to adapt to the new settings; but i think some time soon you'll not be able to look back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted June 5, 2014 Share #5 Posted June 5, 2014 Well, if you came from the 35mm film world, did the M8 give you claustrophobia at first? And if you didn't use 35mm, consider that you've avoided one phobia. Glass half full. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted June 5, 2014 Share #6 Posted June 5, 2014 Enrico, I had the opposite sensation when I eventually moved from the M8 to the M9-P: it seemed as though there was so much more space that it felt that I had been holding my breath for a long time and now I could breathe freely again especially at 50 mm focal length. I loved that feeling. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted June 5, 2014 Share #7 Posted June 5, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had the opposite sensation when I eventually moved from the M8 to the M9-P And I bet you had a 35mm (possibly M film) background before the M8. See post #5. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted June 5, 2014 Share #8 Posted June 5, 2014 And I bet you had a 35mm (possibly M film) background before the M8. See post #5. Jeff You just lost your bet, Jeff. It was a D-Lux 2. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 5, 2014 Share #9 Posted June 5, 2014 Well... me too had a striking experience in the first days with M and after SIX full years with M8... ... and with a specific flavor due to the fact that with M I grabbed also a "new/old" Summicron 50 (*) which of course was the first lens I used with M : first istinctive reaction was "Damn ! Is it really a 50 ? so WIDE ?" Now after some months, I start to be "re-normalized"... ... but haven't yet fully recovered the old attitude I had at film times ("go out with 35 on / 90 in the pocket... is always right...") really, one has to rethink his "mean positioning" towards subjects; a collateral regret is that I tend to neglect the excellent 75 Summarit... so useful on M8... (*) "old"...1980..."new"... for my previous youngest 50 was a 1963 item... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted June 5, 2014 Share #10 Posted June 5, 2014 You just lost your bet, Jeff. It was a D-Lux 2. Pete, you never shot 35mm at all, any brand? Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted June 6, 2014 Well, what I really regret, is I sold my Summilux 50/1.4 Aspherical a year ago. I did not know I would have had the chance to get an M 240 at the time. I will try to get another one as soon as I can. I had it in silver and now would like it in black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted June 6, 2014 Share #12 Posted June 6, 2014 Pete, you never shot 35mm at all, any brand? Jeff, Way back at the start I had a Pentax P30T for about 9 months, onto a Fuji GSW690 III for 3 or 4 years and then a Pentax 67 for 15 or so years. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted June 6, 2014 Share #13 Posted June 6, 2014 then a Pentax 67 for 15 or so years. 35mm on steroids Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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