Nicoleica Posted July 30, 2009 Share #21 Posted July 30, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I can personally attest to literally being able to seemingly cut the air in parts of China with a knife ... I used to live in New Jersey, and people there don't trust air that they can't see! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Hi Nicoleica, Take a look here M8 in China - which lenses got used.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
thompsonkirk Posted July 30, 2009 Share #22 Posted July 30, 2009 I'd be sure to make fine prints of the corn, the koi, & the leaves in foreground w/ umbrellas in distance. (Just my suggestioons/taste!) Kirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share #23 Posted July 30, 2009 I'd be sure to make fine prints of the corn, the koi, & the leaves in foreground w/ umbrellas in distance. (Just my suggestioons/taste!) Kirk Kirk - thanks for the comment. For the interest of friends and family, I'm using Myphotobook to put together a 30cm x 30cm compilation book - I used them to print the album for a recent wedding and they're very impressive (and their software is straightforward to use and doesn't impose tack templates on you. re prints, I'm working on this - most likely black and white on Harmon baryta coated paper ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyIII Posted July 30, 2009 Share #24 Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks for sharing. Nice shots. This is my favorite: China today Rocky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share #25 Posted July 31, 2009 Rocky - thanks. One of the interesting things about this process has been the range of preferences people have had for different images. As with any travel set, so much stuff is being thrown at you - and you're often having to grab at things as the timetable for the next train, next flight, next meal keeps on pulling you along... so it's great to hear which of the tiny fragments of time and space that you've selected please other people. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joachim_I Posted July 31, 2009 Share #26 Posted July 31, 2009 When I look back through the exif data it's interesting to see that of the 608 keepers, 451 were with the 28 cron asph, 102 with an old 50 lux, 72 with the 135 apo tely, 51 with the 35 cron, and 4 with the 21 elmarit. I use the Tri-Elmar (28/35/50) only for my annual visits to China. Your statistics suggest that it would work well for you as well (unless you frequently shoot at full aperture). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted July 31, 2009 Share #27 Posted July 31, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Chris, Joachim, raised a very good point here, and surely a reason for Leica to include the g.stop (guestimated f.stop) as it would be interesting to know what average f-stops we end up shooting at . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share #28 Posted August 1, 2009 Joachim - I fear that the speed of the WATE (or MATE) has always been one of the things that put me off. Although I saw one WATE user on Huangshan, it still doesn't attract me. For me, being able to use my 21 elmarit without an external viewfinder would be THE reason why I'd shell out for an M9. I could easily see myself then holding on to one cropped sensor body so that I had extra reach with telephoto lenses, but delighting in being able to work wider with out having to mess around with finders. re f stop information, it could be academically interesting - but as, in general, I tend to work open, it wouldn't tell me too much - less of a priority on my wish list... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted August 1, 2009 Share #29 Posted August 1, 2009 For me, being able to use my 21 elmarit without an external viewfinder would be THE reason why I'd shell out for an M9. I don't think you are thinking this one through. The M9 will not have frames for the 21mm - even if it is full frame. Remember, the M8's 24mm framelines are actually only the equivalent of 32mm or so in full frame speak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share #30 Posted August 1, 2009 Ian - it's such a long time since I've used my analogue bodies I'd forgotten - of course, with a .72 finder you get: 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm or 50 and 75 mm framelines.... 21 always required the external finder. This said, returning to a situation where my 28 cron asph was a 28 would be kind of nice, and if the larger sensor allowed better high ISO performance (extra megapixels I really don't worry about), I'd have to think about it... Don't you just hate the digital upgrade treadmill? How long between the introduction of the M6 and the M7? 20 years or so? Now that was my kind of camera. True, the soft bits (film) kept on being improved, but the base camera remained a convenient box to put a lens on... One thought though - I must take around 20,000 frames a year - how much would that have cost in film and processing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted August 1, 2009 Share #31 Posted August 1, 2009 Joachim - I fear that the speed of the WATE (or MATE) has always been one of the things that put me off. Although I saw one WATE user on Huangshan, it still doesn't attract me. For me, being able to use my 21 elmarit without an external viewfinder would be THE reason why I'd shell out for an M9. I could easily see myself then holding on to one cropped sensor body so that I had extra reach with telephoto lenses, but delighting in being able to work wider with out having to mess around with finders. re f stop information, it could be academically interesting - but as, in general, I tend to work open, it wouldn't tell me too much - less of a priority on my wish list... The speed of the WATE is no problem in the digital world. Although the M8 isn't all that good on high ISO it performs flawlessly up to 640 ISO (which matches 800 ISO on my 1Ds III), the M8 works very well with the WATE. The WATE/M8 combo is probably among the best digital wide angle solutions around. Don't forget that speed comes with a price; reduced DOF. My WATE is on 65% of the time. I would have gone for either a WATE or this new and cheaper Leica 18 mm, which also is a hefty performer, according to the specs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share #32 Posted August 2, 2009 Point taken on the WATE - but I've found that the CV 15 + Leica 21 suit most of my purposes. I also have the Zeiss 18, but I've not used it much - I need to work with it more consistently to get a better sense of what it will do for me (the 28 is such a flexible lens on the M8...) I the end I suppose it's down to budget and the focal lengths your style of work needs. For years on film I worked with 35 + 90 80% of the time. With the M8 it's the 28 + 50 or 75 as default tools. Other lenses are important to have, but they're not with me at all times. WATE? Maybe fun to have, but a tad pricey for only occasional use.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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