One Lens for my coming retirement and the M8.

[grober]

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A CV 50/1.5 Nokton is the obvious choice. Selling your 50mm 'Cron should just about pay for the CV lens.

 

You know you'll start an IT consulting business aimed at universities, right? Once you do, then you then can allocate funds to replace all the CV with new Leica glass. (IT consutlants that I knew/know in the exotic university space are rolling in dough.)

 

-g

 

The old man from the heyday of CDC Cyber super-computers. (Remember when software used to work?)

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[pelikan1931]

perhaps you can hold your money and wait for the release of Summarits in November. there is a global shortage of leica lens, because for all I know Leica is not producing cron and lux in its normal production capability and have instead moved the manpower to producing the summarits, not to mention the manpower tied down fine tuning all those returned lens, coding them etc, M8 has made each of us a lens tester.

 

 

I wonder if Leica will release a 35 summilux asph (II), perhaps they can use some floating elements and get rid of the focus shift problem.

[Guest guy_mancuso]

I know one thing i'm not asking you guys when i retire. i want something like a Porshe for god sakes. A P&S over a M8 come on guys the man is retiring not saving money for a casket:D :D

[Guest malland]

... A P&S over a M8 come on guys the man is retiring not saving money for a casket:D :D

That's where you're wrong, Guy: the GX100 is not a P&S — it's a fine small-sensor camera that, in my view, is better for street photography than an M8. The M8 look of similarity to scanned medium-format film may be great, but it isn't what many people want for street photography, for which the "35mm aesthetic" of HP5+ and Tri-x film — and of the GX100 — may be more appropriate. The "consumerist" approach is not the answer to this

 

—Mitch/Bangkok

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

[j. borger]

The M8 look of similarity to scanned medium-format film may be great, but it isn't what many people want for street photography, for which the "35mm aesthetic" of HP5+ and Tri-x film — and of the GX100 — may be more appropriate.

—Mitch/Bangkok

Flickr: Photos from Mitch Alland

 

You can also get there with the M8 by ....

- using older (non-asph) lenses

- shoot at iso 640 (minimum) or above

- add some more grain with Alien Skin .....

[lars_bergquist]

If I were you I would shoot with the kit you have for a few months to see what the crop factor does to your lens preference.

 

Once you have a feel for how the focal lengths act on the M8 you can start looking with a better likelyhood you will be spending the big bucks on something you'll keep.You did not mention what your most used lens is but in the wides 28/2, 24/2.8 and the 21/2.8 (I'd go for the preASPH 21 -half the price of the new lens and really a great lens) are all stellar. Good Luck.

 

I must say that I agree with Hank. I would only add that any lens you spend that much money on should be one that you will use quite a lot – preferably your most used lens. I do suspect that when you have acquainted yourself with the M8 and developed lens preferences, the most used focal length will likely be 35 or 28mm. There is however the question of which longer lens goes best with any of the above.

 

My own preference is strong for 28 plus 75mm as a kit. A 75mm Summicron or Summarit will replace the 85mm lens, and agree better with the finder framelines. At infinity, the 90mm frame covers distinctly less than the field of a 90mm lens, and an 85 – ouch!

 

The old man from the Age of the IIIa

[Guest malland]

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You can also get there with the M8 by ....

- using older (non-asph) lenses

- shoot at iso 640 (minimum) or above

- add some more grain with Alien Skin .....

Of course you can, but it's a work-around: with the GX100 you get this directly. And John stated that he was interested in street photography, for which I have found the GR-D and GX100 ideal — also because I can frame with the LCD without bringing the camera up to my face but just by pointing it in the direction of the subject — this really did a lot to losen up my shooting style from the time I had been using the M6. I realise that some people don't like to shoot this way, but this has been my experience.

 

Now, John also wrote that he was interested in low light photography: I've found that I can do pretty well with the GX100 at ISO 800 and shutter speeds down to 1/10sec with image stabilisation.

 

—MItch/Bangkok

Flickr: Photos from Mitch Alland

[Eoin]

John, I'll add my weight behind the "you don't need another lens" brigade. I doubt you'll see a $2000+ improvement by exchanging any of your focal lengths for Leica glass. If I were in your situation I'd use the cash to visit some part of the world I've always longed to see and record it with what lenses you have on your new M8.

[guy]

I wouldn't get a GX100 instead of an M8, but I'd certainly consider getting one as well as an M8. I did! It's an excellent backup camera, eminently pocketable, and though I'd keep the ISO to 400 and below (it has an "auto ISO" feature that you can cap at 400 if you want) the lens is a frankly surprising 24mm equiv f2.5, which is wonderful for low light scenes.

 

Mine gets used in places I wouldn't take an M8 (in the sea / on the beach, for example) and also in situations where I want to have a camera with me but don't want for whatever reason to be Carrying A Camera.

[Guest guy_mancuso]

That's where you're wrong, Guy: the GX100 is not a P&S — it's a fine small-sensor camera that, in my view, is better for street photography than an M8. The M8 look of similarity to scanned medium-format film may be great, but it isn't what many people want for street photography, for which the "35mm aesthetic" of HP5+ and Tri-x film — and of the GX100 — may be more appropriate. The "consumerist" approach is not the answer to this

 

—Mitch/Bangkok

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

 

Read the first post he clearly stated he is finally getting his M8 and what LENS should he get. i think he wants to know about lenses not a alternate to the M8. It is what HE wants

[johnastovall]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll follow the suggestion to shoot the existing lens kit for a few months and then see what I use a lot and where an upgrade to a Leica lens would be the most useful.

[Guest guy_mancuso]

Good luck on the retiremnet John, enjoy yourself that is what it is all about.

[innerimager]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll follow the suggestion to shoot the existing lens kit for a few months and then see what I use a lot and where an upgrade to a Leica lens would be the most useful.

Looking forward to seeing the M8 in your hands John. Have fun and enjoy. best....Peter