| Rangefinder Photography Discussion General discussions about Rangefinder Photography. This is a great place for questions and answers that are not addressed in a specific category. Take note there is also a General Photography forum. |
 |
Oh no!! |
 |
02-14-2007
|
#1
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Oh no!!
I'm down a Leica!
Brian will be sending me a cheque very soon for the IIIc, so it will be returning from whence it came! Early/Mid-October I received the camera, so Early/Mid-February it goes. Only an extended holiday with me I guess.
Anyway I'm sad to see it go, but I still have the Contax II and I still have the Leica Standard.
Now for the bad news! I want a Leica M!!
Am I mad?!
I'll have a little over 2 tons once the IIIc has disappears, and I saw a user M2 for sale from a dealer for £365. I know, same cashflow problem I had with the CRR thing, but one less Leica!
I can hopefully raise up to 3ton without too much crying, but I really ought to have a job I think!
So, Oh No!!
If only Clarence had waited an extra hour or two, I'd be the proud owner of a CL, but instead I'm the proud owner of a headache over what camera my cash is to be saved for!
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
dazedgonebye is offline
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Arizona
Age: 51
Posts: 4,288
|
Is there a pill for GAS?
__________________
Steve
"And I know now that the cure for my childhood was not to be looked after, as I once believed; it was to look after someone else." ~Philip Norman
Photography Blog
Flickr
Twitter
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
FrankS is offline
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Great White North
Age: 56
Posts: 17,157
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dazedgonebye
Is there a pill for GAS?
|
I hear cyanide works.
Short of that, you need to find religion.
__________________
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” – quote
I myself am made entirely of faults, stitched together with good intentions. -quote
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#4
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
I'm insulted Frank!
 |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Diggin99 is offline
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Virginia
Age: 43
Posts: 160
|
Keh has a BGN CL, you could call them and ask about it!
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#6
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Call from the UK? No thanks! 
I'm looking to buy within Europe. Once you add the cost of tax and shipping, there isn't much to be saved from buying outside the country. |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Keith is online now
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 15,463
|
Don't get a CL Ash ... they're 'dinky' compared to an M. I picked up a user M2 for $500.00 Australian a while ago ... it still needs a CLA yet but Youxin only charges $100.00 for that and then it will be my spare to go with the really nice one I picked up recently ... courtesy of Roland's constant perusing of eBay!
I think you would really 'click' with an M2 because you seem to like the 35mm focal length ... "May The Force Be With You." 
__________________
---------------------------
zenfolio
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#8
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Hey Keith, I'm getting pm's from all over the place with people tryin to sell me CL's!!
I do love 35mm, but I'm enjoying 50mm for portraits on RF. It's in my comfort zone |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#9
|
|
Moderator
Kim Coxon is offline
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Lincoln, UK
Posts: 3,416
|
The M2 has frame lines for the 50 as well.
Kim
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ash
Hey Keith, I'm getting pm's from all over the place with people tryin to sell me CL's!!
I do love 35mm, but I'm enjoying 50mm for portraits on RF. It's in my comfort zone |
__________________
Hakuna Matata
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#10
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Thank goodness for that. And there was me thinking I'd need a new array of lenses Kim |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
oscroft is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Liverpool (UK) & Bangkok (Thailand)
Age: 54
Posts: 2,340
|
Quote:
Now for the bad news! I want a Leica M!!
Am I mad?!
|
If you are mad, you're no madder than just about everyone else around here
If you want an M, you go for it - and good luck to you! |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#12
|
|
Registered User
Keith is online now
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 15,463
|
Huh! ..... avatars seem to be changing daily around here. Explain yourself Ash! 
__________________
---------------------------
zenfolio
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#13
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Well I was being put off everytime I saw myself staring at me, so I thought Fid would be a better avatar |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#14
|
|
ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
back alley is offline
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: canada
Age: 62
Posts: 34,667
|
...but I really ought to have a job I think!
is unemployment high in england now?
joe
__________________
heart soul and a camera
flickr
x-pro1...x-e1...8...14...18...27...35...60
rx100
"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
pablo picasso
...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#15
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
EDIT: Potentially volatile statement.. please ignore me if you read it!
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#16
|
|
Registered User
dazedgonebye is offline
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Arizona
Age: 51
Posts: 4,288
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ash
EDIT: Potentially volatile statement.. please ignore me if you read it!
|
In light of that edit, I guess my advice to fake an accent won't mean much. 
__________________
Steve
"And I know now that the cure for my childhood was not to be looked after, as I once believed; it was to look after someone else." ~Philip Norman
Photography Blog
Flickr
Twitter
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#17
|
|
Registered User
charjohncarter is offline
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Danville, CA, USA
Posts: 5,867
|
Get the M2.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#18
|
|
ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
back alley is offline
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: canada
Age: 62
Posts: 34,667
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ash
EDIT: Potentially volatile statement.. please ignore me if you read it!
|
???????????
__________________
heart soul and a camera
flickr
x-pro1...x-e1...8...14...18...27...35...60
rx100
"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
pablo picasso
...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#19
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dazedgonebye
In light of that edit, I guess my advice to fake an accent won't mean much. |
LOL ! |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#20
|
|
ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
back alley is offline
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: canada
Age: 62
Posts: 34,667
|
no answer for me?
fine, i'll check it out the net.
__________________
heart soul and a camera
flickr
x-pro1...x-e1...8...14...18...27...35...60
rx100
"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
pablo picasso
...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#21
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Sorry Joe I missed your post. I had written about the 'equal opportunities' in the UK providing a less than equal standpoint for many. The bias going against the grain. But that's talking in riddles, I daren't re-write what I had.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#22
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
I've been offered a CL in DAG-cla'd condition with manual, strap, etc... for just about my current budget. After I purchase the LTM-M adapter I'll be tapped, but I'm not thinking about that right now
Am I going to be disappointed with the CL? Are the claims of poor focus with fast lenses going to be a problem with a Canon 50/1.8 ltm or a Summicron 50/2 coll LTM? Will I be able to collapse the Summi into the CL? It hardly collapses much.
Are there any problems I'll encounter using a LTM-M adapter? |
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#23
|
|
Registered User
iml is offline
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 964
|
Ash, you should just buy an M. That's obviously what you really want. Save up for a while if necessary, but I can't see the point buying something just because it's available, if it isn't exactly what you want.
Ian
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#24
|
|
Registered User
dazedgonebye is offline
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Arizona
Age: 51
Posts: 4,288
|
I'd have to agree that you should save and get the M. That's not from any experience I have with any of these cameras, just from my extensive experience churning my gear.
You know what you want. Save your money a bit longer and get it.
__________________
Steve
"And I know now that the cure for my childhood was not to be looked after, as I once believed; it was to look after someone else." ~Philip Norman
Photography Blog
Flickr
Twitter
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2007
|
#25
|
|
Selflessly Self-involved
Ash is offline
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,222
|
Aww buuuuuuut...!!
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:09. |
|
|
