The demise of a gearhead.

[GarethC]

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After buying an M8 back in May my Canon 5D has sat collecting dust and I completely missed the release of the 30D and almost missed the 40D.

 

What's interesting to note is that I'm not online looking for gear any more, I'm looking for information. I have my ideal DSLR set up (5D, Zuiko 18/3.5, Zuiko 21/3.5, Canon 24 TSE, Zeiss 25/2.8 and a big stinking zoom) and am getting there with the M8 but haven't shot with it enough to know what my ideal set up is.

 

Thankfully, the M8 doesn't offer the same range of lenses. That, coupled with the manual focus makes it more photography and less technology.

[j. borger]

Thankfully, the M8 doesn't offer the same range of lenses .........

 

That's true but on the other hand all lenses since 1940 fit and work great with the M8 and have their unique characteristics ..... they all render very different looking pictures .. so be carefull .......... before you know you have 5 different lenses in your most used focal length' ...

[lars_bergquist]

That's true but on the other hand all lenses since 1940 fit and work great with the M8...

 

1932, actually. This was when the rangefinder coupling came in (with the Leica II). All RF coupled lenses couple OK with M cameras, though they need a screw-to-bayonet adapter of course, and don't try to collapse the collapsible ones!

 

This I think is the most amazing piece of backwards compatibility in the business, possibly with the exceptions of the accessory shoe (first on the Leica I, 1925) and the funny conical cable release thread. The only complete no-no lens I know of is the 1956 Close Focus Summicron.

 

The old man from the Age of Neolithic Photography