Let's see your Leica M

cnphoto said:
i had one of these Summaron lenses, worked lovely on the M3. very sharp. I sold it to fund a 35mm Summilux, but I do miss it at times.
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I second that. I have the same 35/2.8 Summaron also with a funny s/n 1 665 555, that I bought cheap off ebay two years ago.
 
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@ cnphoto: Yeah I sold my Summaron too, cause I already have the Summilux. The Summaron is very sharp and lovely for color pictures.
I didn't miss this at all though, I can't use it often enough to justify keeping it.
 

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finally got my hands on the second of my fast dream lenses…

finally got my hands on the second of my fast dream lenses…

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"M8.2" | D3 | 58 Noct-Nikkor

That little gem has almost unmanageable dof at close focus. It does focus down to 0.5m :eek: which tops the Noctilux' razor thin dof.
So if unusably thin dof is the thing to go after this lens is it.

When I picked up the Noct at the dealer yesterday, he asked me about my M8.2, I bought from him half a year ago.

I pulled the camera out of my back and he couldn't believe it, as he never had seen a brassed digital M before :D

He has just now another M8.2 in exactly the same beautiful condition, I bought mine from him in - it is priced at 2.400 EUR.
If the Noct wasn't so expensive, I'd surely be tempted, to pick a second M8.2
 
glad to see someone else is using the heck out of his M8. I have a black paint M8 Panda and it's just starting to show some brass. when I first bought it, I would have been horrified at this given how much money it cost. now, after 12 or 14,000 clicks, I'm happy that any paint that's worn off has been from well-loved use.

menos said:
"M8.2" | D3 | 58 Noct-Nikkor

That little gem has almost unmanageable dof at close focus. It does focus down to 0.5m :eek: which tops the Noctilux' razor thin dof.
So if unusably thin dof is the thing to go after this lens is it.

When I picked up the Noct at the dealer yesterday, he asked me about my M8.2, I bought from him half a year ago.

I pulled the camera out of my back and he couldn't believe it, as he never had seen a brassed digital M before :D

He has just now another M8.2 in exactly the same beautiful condition, I bought mine from him in - it is priced at 2.400 EUR.
If the Noct wasn't so expensive, I'd surely be tempted, to pick a second M8.2
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robklurfield said:
glad to see someone else is using the heck out of his M8. I have a black paint M8 Panda and it's just starting to show some brass. when I first bought it, I would have been horrified at this given how much money it cost. now, after 12 or 14,000 clicks, I'm happy that any paint that's worn off has been from well-loved use.
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Rob, this is exactly my experience. When I bought the M8.2 second hand, I asked around with raised eye brows, if the slightly brassed on/off switch was an issue.
Over time of using it, I brassed all edges and it became more and more MY CAMERA. I love that, and any further M I shall buy will be a black paint camera.
I don't care for resale value - it is MINE, that's important.

My next project is my black paint Nikon FM3a, I just bought a nice lens for - it clearly shows not enough use ;-)
I will use them both parallel in the bag now everyday-promise.
 
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