gordon_lukesh1 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 A. My girlfriend and I have two M6TTL bodies and the 21mm, 50mm and 135mm lenses. Because of some business travel, we have carried these two many parts of the world, including the US Southwest, Europe and most recently Moscow and Siberia. Just over a month ago we went to Krasnoyarsk, about 2,000 miles east of Moscow and 14 time zones ahead of NM, boarded the Aleksandr Matrosov and sailed down river (north) several hundred miles and as far as Vorogovo. We were taking part in a scientific conference while on board. We do carry a small Canon digital for "tourist" photos but the Leicas give us tremendous B&W photos. The film is processed by a professional studio in Santa Fe and we enlarge up to 11x14 and the studio does the larger prints. I am addicted to the super wide angle 21mm with an orange filter, which really enhances clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 a) m6ttl and m7. don't own digital although someday i suppose i will have to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_ginman Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 B. I haven't used my Leicas since about 2005, when I bought a digital camera. I'll sell them when I have the time. Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_higgins3 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 just sold my m7 (with a current 50mm summicron) to fund an m8. it's that viewfinder/size thingy, m's do it best (for me, at least). my 5d is great, but bulky with a decent lens. I have a m6ttl 0.58 (the best camera viewfinder EVER, IMO) i'm keeping. so b and c i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeffe Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 How 'bout 'A' with an asterisk. I use my M6 and/or M3 every week but have accumulated lots of unprocessed b/w film that has been exposed exclusively for development in compensating or A/B soups. I need to get into my local rental lab as the water quality in Portland,OR is nothing short of abrasive to film emulsion even with Leedall filtration. My Nikon D70 gets used much more often but doesn't make me feel like I'm strolling around Paris ca.1946. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_y1 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 B) bought an M8 and (regrettably) sold the M6 due to lack of use in 8 months. For me, new daughter = digital; not sure when I'll get to processing the left over exposed Hp5+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_lukesh1 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I liken Leicas to old antiques, but not as you might think. Many people have some great antiques (I have a collection of 150 year old rose medallion china and I trot it out for guests I trust - most of them!). Hiding old antiques is like not using my M6 - wrong! I have taken it world wide and even had the neck strap separate and the camera fall to the hard floor of a men's room. It was fine! Needless to say I was "relieved"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Pete Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 My answer is A. My Leica M2 gets the most use. It's not just the camera body, but the lenses. I prefer it to Canon G5 digital, Canon A70 digital, Nikon F, Canon P, Canon L-1, Canon FTb. Digital is OK, and I will shoot with it when I need something right away, but the M2 is a whole lot better for most shooting as far as I am concerned, and greatly superior for candid work in available light. I'm not a pro. I shoot for myself, mostly with Kodak 800 Max color print film, get it developed and scanned onto a photo CD at CVS, then edit and print using an old copy of Adobe PhotoDeluxe and occasionally Adobe Photoshop Elements. Not high tech, but it works for me. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Freedman Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I confess. I sold my M8, since I hated its handling, and bought a D300, but kept my M6 and MP. I took my D300 to Rome (mainly using a 35mm prime lens - equivalent to 56mm) and took my MP and 50 Summilux Asph to Venice. Within a few days from coming home from Rome I was holding a nice hardbound Cewe photobook of my best Rome photographs. It is now three weeks since we came back from Venice and I am still mounting and scanning my Leica shots - a boring task. While I like fondling my beautiful MP/Summilux, the truth is that the D300 handles well, I can immediately see if a photo has come out as intended, and for an enthusiastic but busy amateur like me the fully-digital process is so much easier. A work colleague has a darkroom and loves the results of wet printing his FP3 negs from his Leica kit, but that is true dedication to which I don't aspire. I've now traded my "old" 5D kit for a D700 and 50 1.4 lens, and can hardly see myself using my Leica much from now on. Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_mareno Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Lord, this looks like a RFF sort of post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exabetal Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Amazing to see the response in this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_spiers Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 C. I couldn't justify having the M6 just lying around gathering dust while I shot everything on the D80, so I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastigmat Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Bought an M7 a la carte eighteen months ago as my last film camera. (I have thirteen other Leicas which get periodic use). The M7 is used nearly every day and the reason I still use film is projection. Solid state has its place and is complimentary. I don't subscribe to the argument that one is superior to the other except for projection. It is still not possible to beat the impact of two Leica 250W projectors running and dissolving onto an 8'x8' screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanyapat_noicharoenkiat1 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 My answer is "A"... I always bring my M3 or M5 with me. I really like the feeling of these cameras. And they always produce lovely pictures for me.... AAAAAAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_durham Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 A. Now exclusively with an M 7. Looking for a V 35 or a good late Focomat I c. You do what you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitemistic Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Steve, everyone knows God shoots with a Leica. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john da Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 A. Shoot with classic M6's. Also, Nikon F2AS, F3T, FM2n and Hasselblad 500CM, EL/M and SWC/M CF version. B&W and color slides. Scan selected images with Flextight Precision Imacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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