usccharles Posted October 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) going to japan for a 3 day weekend. taking my R9 + 35/lux for film and i can't decide on which lens for my M8. trying to choose one from the following: 28/2.8 50/1 75/1.4 help! i actually really want to take the 28/2.8 because its so small and i'm usually only taking wide angle staight forward shots when traveling, but i have the R9.. so i'm thinking between the 50 and the 75. what do you think what do you think what do you think?? i'm leaving in like 3 hours!! thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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glenerrolrd Posted October 19, 2007 Share #2 Posted October 19, 2007 Take the 50 because you can use it at night and indoors ...if you are in a major city covers a lot of ground..2nd choice 28...great all around solution but you will not need the R9 ..thats it take the 28 and 50 leave the R9 home..you will not miss it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usccharles Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted October 19, 2007 Take the 50 because you can use it at night and indoors ...if you are in a major city covers a lot of ground..2nd choice 28...great all around solution but you will not need the R9 ..thats it take the 28 and 50 leave the R9 home..you will not miss it thats actually exactly what i've been thinking too.. but i have this film bug all of a sudden and i want to shoot some velvia slides and delta b/w's! decisions decision... my camera is really heavy with the R9 and M8/nocti combo though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted October 19, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 19, 2007 I've always had a ball with the Noctilux when in Japan, great for details and great for indoor. I always have a wide too tho like a cv15. Me personally I'd leave the dmr and take the m8 and the 3 lenses. Thinking about it makes me jealous tho-I love Japan. Where are you going? B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usccharles Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted October 19, 2007 I've always had a ball with the Noctilux when in Japan, great for details and great for indoor. I always have a wide too tho like a cv15. Me personally I'd leave the dmr and take the m8 and the 3 lenses. Thinking about it makes me jealous tho-I love Japan. Where are you going? B i'm going to tokyo and i guess my friend is driving me around the country on saturday because i really wanted to do some scenic shooting. really excited. yeah, all my logic tells me to ditch the R9, but i just got it like last week (got the film bug again) and have only shot like 5 rolls on it. so i REALLY want to take it even though i know i'll be perfectly happy with the M8. i too have the cv15, but i don't use it on my M8 anymore. i don't like the 21mm crop factor, so i use it permanently on my hexar. but thinking about that is going to open another can of worms. i can't take 3 cameras for 3 days! heehee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemayeux Posted October 19, 2007 Share #6 Posted October 19, 2007 no brainer - take the 50. you already have the wider end covered with the R9 (I also shoot film combined with digital) and you probably would want normal to wide anyway in Tokyo. Also, the added room of f1 would be a benefit for all lighting conditions. Personally, I throw the 28 M in my pocket as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted October 19, 2007 Share #7 Posted October 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) well if your going south on your drive, Kamakura is an outstanding place to start. See if your friend knows about it. Some really excellent temples and a great surf beach. You can do temples and surfing photos. One temple is the 2nd largest Buddha in Japan the "Daibatsu" which stands in a courtyard kind of, the temple around it was washed away by tsunami ages ago. Another fantastic temple, forget the name but you can't miss it is on the hill, Shinto, and is a shrine for miscarried, aborted babies. Strange and delightfull temple. Don't miss the cookies with the white pigeon on the box-Kamakura is also famous for these. In Tokyo- Harajuku is always worth some good shots with its youth counter-cultre, tons of kids hanging around in super freaky outfits. Go further along the park and there are greasers and little bo-peep girls and an open air talent show. In Harajuku I always see a few Leica folks, m and r. It's a real photographers playground.....B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usccharles Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted October 19, 2007 well if your going south on your drive, Kamakura is an outstanding place to start. See if your friend knows about it. Some really excellent temples and a great surf beach. You can do temples and surfing photos. One temple is the 2nd largest Buddha in Japan the "Daibatsu" which stands in a courtyard kind of, the temple around it was washed away by tsunami ages ago. Another fantastic temple, forget the name but you can't miss it is on the hill, Shinto, and is a shrine for miscarried, aborted babies. Strange and delightfull temple. Don't miss the cookies with the white pigeon on the box-Kamakura is also famous for these. In Tokyo- Harajuku is always worth some good shots with its youth counter-cultre, tons of kids hanging around in super freaky outfits. Go further along the park and there are greasers and little bo-peep girls and an open air talent show. In Harajuku I always see a few Leica folks, m and r. It's a real photographers playground.....B sweet~ i'll let me friend know. thanks. taking the 50/1 and the R9/35 combo. thanks everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted October 19, 2007 Share #9 Posted October 19, 2007 If you can trust your M8, leave the R9 at home and with space and weight you save take your M8 with its 3 lenses. Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted October 19, 2007 Share #10 Posted October 19, 2007 sweet~ i'll let me friend know. thanks. taking the 50/1 and the R9/35 combo. thanks everyone! Good decision. That's what I'd have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tummydoc Posted October 19, 2007 Share #11 Posted October 19, 2007 taking the 50/1 and the R9/35 combo. thanks everyone! Of course, take a wide-angle for the SLR and for the M8, one of the most difficult-to-focus lenses with framelines roughly 50% of the finder area. That makes perfect sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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