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Ok. This camera thing is killing me. I know this wasn’t taken with your new camera but….you can see his nose hairs for god’s sake. I have a chance to buy a used Leica M8, for a pretty good price — as I’m sure you know it’s a rangefinder camera, no autofocus, but with high quality images but so much lighter than the Canon, Nikon SLR’s and reviews by photographers say the quality of images is often superior. Know anything that might help me make the decision? I know they are not good for sports events etc…but,honestly, if you know what you are doing, even that is doable. It just takes knowing how to work a camera the ol’fashioned way, which I used to do. Thoughts?
Oh this is such a sad photograph… I’d like nothing more than to comment on the plaid, the sad eyes, the sharpness, but all I can really focus on is the ridiculous abundance of unilateral sprouting nose hair. OMG, someone please help this poor soul!
Pat, I did not know you had your eye on a specific M8 – any chance you know the person and they let you play with it for a few days… Does it come with lenses? As I mentioned, these lenses will kill ya!
The shot was taken with a Nikon F2 and a 135mm f2.8 lenes (damn you Nikon for not making that lens anymore!).
An old friend of mine (Doug Spowart) who used to own a photo exhibition space and who also took people out into the north western deserts on photo trips, used to take all his 35mm shots with Leica M series cameras. Doug loved Leicas as he thought they had the best lenses (I’ve tested them and I think they are the best as well) but he said the were very fragile and unreliable.
When Doug used to take people out into the desert he used to supply them with Cannons (he had a deal with Cannon). Doug told me that in all his trips, not one Cannon broke down, whereas he had trouble with his Leicas on every trip. On a side note, Doug used to collect Nikons. Doug said that the world was divided into two groups, Leica snobs and Nikon slobs.
My thoughts on the leica is that even though they have the best lenses, they are insanely expensive and unreliable. I wouldn’t one. I’d buy two or three as back up…….. if I was rich. Another thing to take into account is that German electronics (that’s if the Leicas use them) aren’t all that good.
Like I said to you before, I’d wait a little while to see if Cannon comes out with a Super CCD. If you’re looking for sharpness, buy prime lenses, not zooms. I’m really pissed off with how Nikon has dumbed down their lens range. I’d love to have a 135mmm f2.8 again (the 135 f2 they make is a ridiculous lump of glass).
I really hate zooms! Slow, low contrast, mushy crap catering to the demands of the clueless who want everything in one lenes. Baaarrrrssstards!!!!
Nat
I agree with you about the sadness of this shot. I’m reminded of Casanova’s memoirs, when he said something along the lines of, “I reached that time in life when women no longer hung onto every word I spoke”.
I think that many people get over looked because they aren’t considered so sexually attractive anymore. I saw the little star as a sort of passive signal of a willingness to have some fun. A quiet plea for a little joy.
Razz! My first camera was the first Nikon F (bought while in Germany in 1973 working for the US Army so got a price break!) and I got the 135 lens, too! And, the 180. I loved that little 135. It made me a better photographer for sure! Thanks for camera thoughts. My father had a Leica back in the day! I have all his stuff. Perhaps, it’s still there! Gotta go look for it right now. (I have two very good Canon lenses, the 16-35 and the 100 macro.) It is simply the bulk of everything that prevents me from taking them everywhere.
August 6th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Is that dude even capable of partyin’? He looks like one of his grandkids made him wear that hat . . .
August 6th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Ok. This camera thing is killing me. I know this wasn’t taken with your new camera but….you can see his nose hairs for god’s sake. I have a chance to buy a used Leica M8, for a pretty good price — as I’m sure you know it’s a rangefinder camera, no autofocus, but with high quality images but so much lighter than the Canon, Nikon SLR’s and reviews by photographers say the quality of images is often superior. Know anything that might help me make the decision? I know they are not good for sports events etc…but,honestly, if you know what you are doing, even that is doable. It just takes knowing how to work a camera the ol’fashioned way, which I used to do. Thoughts?
August 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Oh this is such a sad photograph… I’d like nothing more than to comment on the plaid, the sad eyes, the sharpness, but all I can really focus on is the ridiculous abundance of unilateral sprouting nose hair. OMG, someone please help this poor soul!
Pat, I did not know you had your eye on a specific M8 – any chance you know the person and they let you play with it for a few days… Does it come with lenses? As I mentioned, these lenses will kill ya!
August 6th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Tysdaddy
I’m sure he’d like to.
Pat
The shot was taken with a Nikon F2 and a 135mm f2.8 lenes (damn you Nikon for not making that lens anymore!).
An old friend of mine (Doug Spowart) who used to own a photo exhibition space and who also took people out into the north western deserts on photo trips, used to take all his 35mm shots with Leica M series cameras. Doug loved Leicas as he thought they had the best lenses (I’ve tested them and I think they are the best as well) but he said the were very fragile and unreliable.
When Doug used to take people out into the desert he used to supply them with Cannons (he had a deal with Cannon). Doug told me that in all his trips, not one Cannon broke down, whereas he had trouble with his Leicas on every trip. On a side note, Doug used to collect Nikons. Doug said that the world was divided into two groups, Leica snobs and Nikon slobs.
My thoughts on the leica is that even though they have the best lenses, they are insanely expensive and unreliable. I wouldn’t one. I’d buy two or three as back up…….. if I was rich. Another thing to take into account is that German electronics (that’s if the Leicas use them) aren’t all that good.
Like I said to you before, I’d wait a little while to see if Cannon comes out with a Super CCD. If you’re looking for sharpness, buy prime lenses, not zooms. I’m really pissed off with how Nikon has dumbed down their lens range. I’d love to have a 135mmm f2.8 again (the 135 f2 they make is a ridiculous lump of glass).
I really hate zooms! Slow, low contrast, mushy crap catering to the demands of the clueless who want everything in one lenes. Baaarrrrssstards!!!!
Nat
I agree with you about the sadness of this shot. I’m reminded of Casanova’s memoirs, when he said something along the lines of, “I reached that time in life when women no longer hung onto every word I spoke”.
I think that many people get over looked because they aren’t considered so sexually attractive anymore. I saw the little star as a sort of passive signal of a willingness to have some fun. A quiet plea for a little joy.
August 7th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Razz! My first camera was the first Nikon F (bought while in Germany in 1973 working for the US Army so got a price break!) and I got the 135 lens, too! And, the 180. I loved that little 135. It made me a better photographer for sure! Thanks for camera thoughts. My father had a Leica back in the day! I have all his stuff. Perhaps, it’s still there! Gotta go look for it right now. (I have two very good Canon lenses, the 16-35 and the 100 macro.) It is simply the bulk of everything that prevents me from taking them everywhere.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I feel a mad desire to clip his nose hairs.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Eve
I bet he would’ve been thrilled to have you come and sit on his lap as you did his nostril grooming.
I can almost imagine him thinking, “Damn, that star worked!”