brian_harvey

Anyone know what a good price would be for the 35 SP in excellent plus condition? What would you be willing to pay if you wanted one?

Comes with the factory eveready case and strap.

My Nikon 135 F2 DC. Without hesitation.

Bert, is that 1 part of Rodinal to 100 parts of water?

After hearing so much about the sharpness and fine grain of Techpan,

I've decided to give it a go in the studio and possibly outdoors.

Does anyone have any experience or tips for using TP. Any info

is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind trying to express itself

forcefully!

You Left? SHAME!!!!

Probably is true. But, you'll be hard pressed to get it. Only with

the finest technique is it attainable. No, I can't.

The smallest print that I'll even bother with is an 8x10. I mostly

print 11x14 to 16x20 from 35mm. From ALMOST grainless 16x20 prints

from Provia or Pan-F to 16x20's from Delta 3200 @ 3200, yes it was

grainy, but the content was a beautiful shot of my precious niece.

You can go even larger from 35mm. I can't from my enlarger. For me,

the image outways any percieved rule. If you shoot Leica, use a

tripod, best film, then you should be quite happy with what 35 can

do.

IMO, the R8 is the best SLR ever made. I shoot an F100, F5, FM2T,

FM2N, and the sweetheart M6. A friend of mine has an R8 and I think

I've used it more than he has. It is a wonderful camera. It IS the

easiest camera to focus I've ever used. Great features. The best

metering ever put in a 35mm and is very intuitive to use. The only

reason I have not switched over to the R system is the price of the

lenses. Nikon 85 1.4 AF - $900.00 Far far cheaper than an 80 lux.

If I had lots of money it would be different. I'd shoot Leica only.

The only reason the R's do not sell well is the price of the glass.

A friend of mine has an R8 an a good selection of primes to use on

it. I've actually shot the thing more than he has. The R8 is a

fantastic camera. Great SLR features. Great glass. The viewfinder is

to die for. Bright, contrasty, bright, easy to focus in very low

light. The metering in this camera is the best of any current SLR.

-5 to 20 if I remember correctly. No vibration. The ultimate in

flash metering. I just wish the glass was cheaper. Don't we all.

He, I guess, has been lucky. No problems with the R8. Same cannot be

said for the 6.2 that he bought new. It broke before he ever put

film in it. Took 4 months to get it back. The ? reliability of the

R8 is the only reason I won't buy one. But, it could be that the

reason that you hear of so many people having trouble with the R8 is

because Leica have sold a but load of em'.

Hodgson's on 14th street- Best around. Good prices, next day

service, all hand processed.

OH YEH! Definately middle bottom row. Great shots Mike.

I agree with John.

I'm a new M6 user. Thanks. Why in the world would I want to put tape over the red circle. When I've finally got what I wanted all these years, why cover it up. I hear of many people that do this. I am not at all ashamed to shoot Leica. I'm more proud than ever. WHY?

I did. That's it. If your blind maybe you should switch to Canon.

Yes, it may be GENERAL INFORMATION, but it is indeed, information.

Photodo. Check for yourself. Compare various lenses. According to

Erwin Puts of 'The Leica Papers', a well designed lens will give a

good MTF graph. But, a good MTF graph does not equal a good lens.

The Nikon bodies seem to be more durable, better constructed, more

intuitive to use and, to me have a better feel. The lenses, { were

talking primes}, are made far better than the plastic feeling Canon

lenses. Nikon 105 or 135 DC compared to the Canon equal. NO CONTEST!

The only lens that Nikon makes that falls short in build quality is

the 50 1.4, so in that focal length I use the mf 50. IS is for those

to lazy to use a monopod. Come on, how often are you going to take a

handheld shot at 200mm @ 2.8 @ 1/15 with the mirror flapping around.

M6's are far better handheld at such low speeds. Also, Canon does

usually get a better MTF graph than Nikon, but, they also beat Leica

quite a bit. DO YOU THINK CANON MAKES BETTER LENSES THAN LEICA???

Try some black bridal veil and open up 1/2 stop. More than one piece might be needed to achieve desired effect.

The weight of the paper should make it stay flat.At least, my 11x14s do.

Seems to me that if the "BOKEH" of a portrait is so important, all of

the photo lenses of the world would design a lens with the ability to

adjust the effect. Nikon does it twice. 105 F2 DC, 135 F2 DC.If you

have'nt tried one of the DC lenses, how can you say only Leica glass

gives such a remarkable "BOKEH"???? The DC lenses are truly 2 of a

kind!!

I think the best "BOKEH", is the adjustable kind. Sometimes, I also

like some auto focus, and maybe I'll have about 6 frames a second.

Oh, you'll need a Nikon 105, or 135 F2 DC to adjust your "BOKEH".

Leica does'nt make one. What am I thinking? No one else does either!!

Sharpest lens of all, probably is in the eye of Chuck Yeager.

Otherwise, you should be out shooting some film instead of wasting

your time worrying if you spent too much money on your lens

purchases. Yes, I just shot 3 rolls of film 2 B&W , 1 color. Seems

funny that only LEICA shooters have to wonder if their 90 F2 is good

enough or if they should buy the 100 2.8 macro.If we laid 2 11x14

prints sideby , I'll bet you could'nt tell which was shot with LEICA,

or one of those inferior japanese lenses.

The R8, IMHO , is far superior to the M cameras in every way. Leica

optics, (their suppose to be better because I spent one katrillion

dollars just for one lens), Brightest viewfinder of any SLR and an

image that actually changes when you switch lenses. No, I am not a

Leica shooter. I would say I can't afford to,but I have invested a

good deal of money in the system I have chosen. An inferior choice

I'm sure, but it gets used quite extensively. By the way, R lenses

cost more because ROM is suppose to be similar to Nikon with its

distance information for flash exposures. Hey, I thought Leica glass

was fast enough not to need a flash!!

Hope all of you remember that if you have an optical system of 100

lp/mm , lens, film, enlarger lens, and you do 20X enlargement, you

end up with a print with 5 lp/mm. The human eye can, at that size

enlargement, can appreciate 4-6 lp/mm. The person behind the camera

dictates how sharp ( don't tell anyone that uses LEICA I said this)

the image will ultimately be.

Everyone, I should hope by now, knows that at 1.4 , any lens, you

name the manufacturer, is no where near as good as it, they are at

5.6 or f8. A 1.4s advantage is that you get a brighter viewfinder

image in which the focus can be more precise. Stop all of this

nonsense and go burn some film!!!!