Spanik
Well-known
Get back the hasselblad and get a digital back for it. Both worlds and a single camera and set of lenses.
paulfish4570
Veteran
photography is not your main hobby; it's motorcycle riding, yes? sell everything and go digital. you have to pack light for bike trips. an x100 packs an awful lot of ability into a lightweight package ...
leicapixie
Well-known
i recently thought of selling my M2. It was a good decision till the prospective buyer handled it! It was a NO. What could i buy of similar quality? There is nothing equal to a film Leica. The digital Leica is good but not equal. It's always new models, new drives, new computers, new programs, new whatever. Already i am getting notification that "XP" will no longer work with many new services starting in 2013 onwards..
I would add a small simple Digital, easily carried on a bike. I would keep my film gear and find someone to scan. I am in Toronto, Canada, so no problem. I am learning to scan B/W and it is not that difficult. I love that a roll of film is finite in number of exposures. I work different from digital and don't spend hours editing and using Photoshop. The other day i processed a roll after returning home from a shoot. 30' later it was drying. Early morning i had scanned the roll and sent images on the internet.
Leica M equipment may yield a good amount of cash but replacing with plastic toys of limited life is silly. i like digital. i really do. i simply do NOT compare. They are different.
I would add a small simple Digital, easily carried on a bike. I would keep my film gear and find someone to scan. I am in Toronto, Canada, so no problem. I am learning to scan B/W and it is not that difficult. I love that a roll of film is finite in number of exposures. I work different from digital and don't spend hours editing and using Photoshop. The other day i processed a roll after returning home from a shoot. 30' later it was drying. Early morning i had scanned the roll and sent images on the internet.
Leica M equipment may yield a good amount of cash but replacing with plastic toys of limited life is silly. i like digital. i really do. i simply do NOT compare. They are different.
ktmrider
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As usual there are certainly a bunch of thought provoking opinions and I appreciate all of them.
Since I just sold a blad and Nikon F system, I am not in a hurry to sell the M or R so I am thinking b&w in the M and Ektar in the R with the X100 for digital needs.
I have an Epson flatbed scanner and am thinking about a dedicated 35mm but need to explore scanning a bit more.
And yes, riding is my primary hobby, both on a motorcycle and on a horse. X100 works well but am not sure how resistant it is to vibrations and other hazards which come from bike travel. I have put thousands of mile on an M2 with 35/90.
Lots of Opinions
As usual there are certainly a bunch of thought provoking opinions and I appreciate all of them.
Since I just sold a blad and Nikon F system, I am not in a hurry to sell the M or R so I am thinking b&w in the M and Ektar in the R with the X100 for digital needs.
I have an Epson flatbed scanner and am thinking about a dedicated 35mm but need to explore scanning a bit more.
And yes, riding is my primary hobby, both on a motorcycle and on a horse. X100 works well but am not sure how resistant it is to vibrations and other hazards which come from bike travel. I have put thousands of mile on an M2 with 35/90.
Gid
Well-known
That seems to be a pragmatic solution.
I use an Epson 4990 flatbed for scanning with Silverfast (24 frames at a time). I scan to 6"x4" and only scan larger if I have something worthwhile. It is a relatively painless process once you get the hang of it.
Archiver
Veteran
It sounds like you enjoy the process of shooting with the X100 more than a film camera. Frankly, I shoot much more with digital because of the convenience and my growing ability to postprocess to my liking. The only reason I shoot the M7 is when the M9 is in for service, or if I want to enjoy the tactile experience of shooting a film M.
I shoot the M9 very avidly, and I have also been looking at the X-Pro 1 as a lighter camera with interchangeable lenses. It feels pretty good, but the quirks of its autofocus make it a little annoying at times, compared with the manual dependability of rangefinder focusing. In 30 minutes of playing with the X-Pro 1 in the shop, the camera missed focus many times, even on things that should have been easy. You never have that problem with an accurately adjusted rangefinder.
The Ricoh GXR-M works very well for me. I love the compactness of the camera and the excellent files, and the ability to use M-lenses or autofocus modules of similarly excellent quality. If I had to build a digital kit with a non-M9 budget, it would be the Ricoh GXR with two aps-c modules, the M-module and a handful of Voigtlander and Zeiss lenses.
You already have the lenses, so perhaps you could get a Ricoh GXR-M and see how that goes. It's not rangefinder focusing but surprisingly close, the footprint is much smaller, and the files are super. IMO they have more character than the Fuji X100 files, although not the same high ISO quality. The GXR has very fine luminance noise at higher ISO's that is reminscent of film grain, and the files convert to black and white very well, too.
I shoot the M9 very avidly, and I have also been looking at the X-Pro 1 as a lighter camera with interchangeable lenses. It feels pretty good, but the quirks of its autofocus make it a little annoying at times, compared with the manual dependability of rangefinder focusing. In 30 minutes of playing with the X-Pro 1 in the shop, the camera missed focus many times, even on things that should have been easy. You never have that problem with an accurately adjusted rangefinder.
The Ricoh GXR-M works very well for me. I love the compactness of the camera and the excellent files, and the ability to use M-lenses or autofocus modules of similarly excellent quality. If I had to build a digital kit with a non-M9 budget, it would be the Ricoh GXR with two aps-c modules, the M-module and a handful of Voigtlander and Zeiss lenses.
You already have the lenses, so perhaps you could get a Ricoh GXR-M and see how that goes. It's not rangefinder focusing but surprisingly close, the footprint is much smaller, and the files are super. IMO they have more character than the Fuji X100 files, although not the same high ISO quality. The GXR has very fine luminance noise at higher ISO's that is reminscent of film grain, and the files convert to black and white very well, too.