First negatives from new Leica........

[TPPhotog]

John, that's crap! Just wait till you see what results I can get, once I actually own one!

Tut tut Nicole ... such language from a lady and future Leica owner. Of course the M7 is too small to hit him with LOL

 

[Nicole]

Whoops, sorry, got carried away. Had too much wine last night!

Leica will be proud of me, lol. I'll actually take it out the the box and USE IT! And in doing so discover Leica is only a toy and doesn't take pictures.

On a serious note, I'll happily keep working with my 'disposable Nikon' as Tom Duffy explained, lol, until I can afford the toy Leica.
Cheers
Nicole

 

[John McCallum]

... Of course the M7 is too small to hit him with LOL

Of course it would have to be found from the bottom of the hand bag first.

 

[Nicole]

Of course it would have to be found from the bottom of the hand bag first.

John, a Leica in a handbag? I thought you wear it permanently around your neck! LOL

 

[John McCallum]

Too heavy

 

[Nicole]

Of course the M7 is too small to hit him with LOL

lol, Tony, looks like I'll just have to get two then doesn't it.

 

[John McCallum]

It's got no auto-focus.

 

[John McCallum]

and you have to wind the film on with this little handle thingy ... by hand!

 

[John McCallum]

Still no doubts ?





Very ho hum fishing :rolleyes:

 

[Nicole]

Not me... but being female I reserve my right to change my mind at any time!

 

[John McCallum]

Ahah! New word for the day. Thank you Garryl...

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Was almost too afraid to ask . BTW Garryl - you look familiar somehow, can't quite place it ...

 

[kwmullet]

Knob, Single-throw or Multiple-throw?

Maybe it's the way I shot when I was growing up, but I just don't get a sense of closure when shooting with my Canon EOS -- No satisfying thumb throw after each shot. Myself, I just can't see shooting with a 35 that has a knob to advance the film. Ideally, I'd like a single-throw lever. I guess that limts the field quite a bit.
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Don't rule out a Leica IIIf or IIIg with an Abrahamsson rapidwinder attached to it. (www.rapidwinder.com) It makes the knob wind leicas as fast or faster than a lever wind M version. IIIf's are generally cheap and there are a whole lot of interesting lenses out there for the screwmount leicas. And as far as resolving power goes, most lenses will converge in quality at about f/8. If you shoot mostly in daylight, I wouldn't sweat the lens choice too much.

When I first read this reply, I thought "ugh... the last thing I want on a Leica is a motor drive". Tonight, I followed the link and found an elegant, manual and swift film advance system. Probably a bit too rich for my blood, and I'd love to hear from anyone who gets similar speed of advance from knobs as they do levers.

Those rapid winders do look elegant, though.

Your comment about the resolving power of older LSM lenses and f8 convergance has me thinking as well. Does that mean that in older, uncoated or single-coated LSM lenses, I can actually find a mini version of the classic soft focus portrait lens, with softness at wider apertures and clarity at smaller ones?

Most of my shooting IS in daylight, but much of *that* is indoor through window light or just after dusk, which amounts to a lot of shots demanding wider apertures.

-KwM-