david_choy58 Posted August 7, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I started off to get into rangefinder a few yrs ago....bought a CV R3A ZM 50...thinking that I will stop there as I have my Canon DSLR. I was wrong....The more I shoot with my rangerfinder, the more I like the color + look I got out of it. It's compact and light....and fun to use. A lot of people say DSLR is the best...Canon...Nikon, but they just don't excite me. I begin to think the photos I took from my Canon DSLR is soft in the corner, low contrast, not very pleasing color, heavy to carry....so I bought the RD-1 and a 35mm cron & CV28mm and I love it!!! The RD-1 got me to enjoy taking photos more and more....I begin to frame pics I never did before and the results are just brilliant. All these full frame DSLR...I just don't see the big deal. I even went to buy a couple of old R lenses for my Canon camera and thinking that I will like it more because I will have Leica glass on it but I was wrong. So I began to buy more and more M lenses...ZM, CV, Leica....and now.....I ended up with: M8 CV: 15mm f/4.5, 28mm f/1.9, 40mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.5, 75mm f/2.5 ZM: 25mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0, 50mm f/2.0 LM: 21mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0, 50mm f/2.8 and I still think I need a 50mm lux (low light + bokeh), 75mm cron (oh yeah, CV75mm is not sharp enough and the bokeh is REALLY diffferent for f/2.0), CV12mm (15mm is just not wide enough!!), ZM15mm f/2.8 (CV15mm is probably not good enough....) Have I gone mad or what!!! I aleady have 4 Leica R lenses...but they don't seem to produce the same pics as the M8 and I tend to frame diffferently with a DSLR.....don't know why!!! Anyway, just want to see whether you have the same experience as me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted August 7, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 7, 2007 It is called GAS, mate, and the only cure is to go bankrupt... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry Posted August 7, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 7, 2007 David, You're a sick man -- but in a good sort of way. ;-) Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted August 7, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 7, 2007 Poor little princess. My heart bleeds... ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP3 Posted August 7, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 7, 2007 All of us here got the same experience you do =) I saying is great for us - the lens hunger, " Don't ever conclude on the image quality/character of any single lens you have before you take 20 rolls of films with it... " Will stop us from wrong selling a good lens and getting lens we don't really need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 7, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 7, 2007 How old are you, Dave ? If you're still in, say, your '30s...something can occur to you: I am 50 (..+ 0,5 ...): it was 1974 when bought a Zorky 4K simply to distinguish myself from the SLR crowd... 4 russian lenses...in 1979 found a nice Leica IIIc with Elmar... cheap, and the russian LTM glasses worked... but I thought was better to look just for a PAIR, MAX 3 originals... first came an Hektor 28 6,3, then Elmar 90, Hektor 135... how hell is that now I have about 55 Leica lenses and are excited by the announcement of the new Summitars ? (I haven't a single 75... how can I NOT TO...) Name it GAS, as Jaap says... there is no gear I love so much... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted August 7, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hmmm, a few gaps there, you really MUST have a Snapshot Skopar 25mm, a 3.5 Elmar 5cm and a nice 5cm Summar............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted August 7, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 7, 2007 David, you're definitely in trouble! Still, I seem to have 10 lenses (1 less than you I think). There's no escape from GAS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fursan Posted August 7, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 7, 2007 Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted August 7, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 7, 2007 Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Resistance is useless! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted August 7, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 7, 2007 Leica's current M system optics portfolio is worth about 48000 US dollars ... not a big deal if you downgrade from a Porsche to a Toyota. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcwerner Posted August 9, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 9, 2007 CV: 15mm f/4.5, 28mm f/1.9, 40mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.5, 75mm f/2.5 ZM: 25mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0, 50mm f/2.0 LM: 21mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0, 50mm f/2.8 Have I gone mad or what!!! I aleady have 4 Leica R lenses...but they don't seem to produce the same pics as the M8 and I tend to frame diffferently with a DSLR.....don't know why!!! Anyway, just want to see whether you have the same experience as me. David, why don't you try some old lenses and some oddities. I am very happy with a 20mm/4.0 Nikkor of 1977, as well as with a 21mm/4.0 Zeiss Jena Flektogon of similar age, to be used with adapters from Steven Gandy. The 20mm Nikkor is the lens I use most: it is small, lightweight and gives excellent results. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M8, Nikkor 20mm/4.0 Another interesting candidate is the 9.8mm/1.8 Kinoptik Tegea, certainly not a travel lens (it is heavy and bulky, but the widest of the wides M8, Kinoptik Tegea 9.8mm/1.8 and finally the first Leitz "Portrait" lens, the 73mm/1.8 Hektor of 1938, still good after 70 years M8, Leitz Hektor 73mm/1.8 (1938) Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M8, Nikkor 20mm/4.0 Another interesting candidate is the 9.8mm/1.8 Kinoptik Tegea, certainly not a travel lens (it is heavy and bulky, but the widest of the wides M8, Kinoptik Tegea 9.8mm/1.8 and finally the first Leitz "Portrait" lens, the 73mm/1.8 Hektor of 1938, still good after 70 years M8, Leitz Hektor 73mm/1.8 (1938) ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/30574-m-mount-the-black-hole/?do=findComment&comment=325197'>More sharing options...
Iron Flatline Posted August 9, 2007 Share #13 Posted August 9, 2007 I'm in, too. Thank goodness for this online "support" group... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted August 9, 2007 Share #14 Posted August 9, 2007 I'm in, too. Thank goodness for this online "support" group... LOL This place is like having an AA meeting in a pub! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcwerner Posted August 9, 2007 Share #15 Posted August 9, 2007 I aleady have 4 Leica R lenses...but they don't seem to produce the same pics as the M8 and I tend to frame diffferently with a DSLR.....don't know why!!! David, some wide angle R lenses are quite usable on the M. See for instance my thread with pictures of the 21-35/3.5R on the M8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haribo Posted August 9, 2007 Share #16 Posted August 9, 2007 Hello, My name is Harald and I am addicted to the same problem..... Since this forum are like regular AA meetings for me, how about somebody sponsoring me? Have some lenses in mind which purchase would immediately get me off the wagon ;-) LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted August 9, 2007 Share #17 Posted August 9, 2007 This forum certainly does not promote abstinence like AA. I would call it LL or Leica Lust brought on by GAS....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcwerner Posted August 9, 2007 Share #18 Posted August 9, 2007 This forum certainly does not promote abstinence like AA. I would call it LL or Leica Lust brought on by GAS....... I do not understand the connection between GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome) and lust for lenses. Unless you mean to say that we all are misfits.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 9, 2007 Share #19 Posted August 9, 2007 The photographic meaning of GAS is Gear Aquisition Syndrome, Peter... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_choy58 Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share #20 Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks for the advices! It's good to see how we all use different lenses on the M8...very interesting. Just wondering if you use an adaptor to put a R lens like 21-35mm on it, doesn't it have vigenetting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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