Thank you to one and all.

[ticanina]

After spending the last six months hiding in the shadows it is time to come out into the light.

I would just like introduce myself, Nick, and thank you all for the invaluable help you have given my wife,Tina, and I in making our decision to purchase a new Leica MP along with a new 35 'cron. It goes well with the 21 Elmarit (pre-asph) that we picked up in mint condition from the supplier when we placed the order.

It arrived yesterday and we are delighted - what a little jewel!

Once again, many thanks, the combined knowledge and experience of people on this forum is astounding.

Regards

Nick

 

[FrankS]

Welcome, Nick and Tina! Who gets to use the new camera? 🙂

 

[ticanina]

We have made a deal that it is a shared prize at the moment until the finances stretch to a second body and a 50 'cron for me (Nick).

 

[cp_ste.croix]

NICE!!! Welcome to the forum...I am working on my gf to help me finance some GAS as well

 

[FrankS]

You can acquire gear twice as fast with 2 wage-earners focussed on the same goal. 🙂

 

[GeneW]

What a wonderful way to enter RF photography!

BTW, Mike Johnston agrees with you that the 35mm 'cron is the ideal lens on a Leica:

http://www.photo.net/mjohnston/column64/index.html

But as you can see here on RFF, 50mm fans might dispute that! 😀

Gene

 

[Graybeard]

After spending the last six months hiding in the shadows it is time to come out into the light.

I would just like introduce myself, Nick, and thank you all for the invaluable help you have given my wife,Tina, and I in making our decision to purchase a new Leica MP along with a new 35 'cron. It goes well with the 21 Elmarit (pre-asph) that we picked up in mint condition from the supplier when we placed the order.

It arrived yesterday and we are delighted - what a little jewel!

Once again, many thanks, the combined knowledge and experience of people on this forum is astounding.

Regards

Nick

They sure are pretty right out of the box. A Leica will also be pretty when you retire. Congratulations.

 

[FrankS]

Different strokes for diff folks. It's all good.

 

[ticanina]

The better half was convinced by the Leica reps that the 35 'cron would become her tool of trade but I still fancy a 50. After my 24 year old FM2 passed away we were left in the enviable position of being able to start again with whatever system we fancied..... I shoot digital for work but have wanted an M for 20+ years.... It is worth the wait.

 

[rover]

Nick and Tina, isn't that a dinner show with two sittings on Saturdays? Hey, we saw you guys in the shadows, you know, wide latitude of Tri-X and all.🙂

Welcome to RFF. I am a sworn true 50 man, but understand that you do need one 35 in a RF kit. Enjoy your camera.

 

[former member]

> We have made a deal that it is a shared prize at the moment until the finances stretch to a second body and a 50 'cron for me

Welcome aboard, and let me suggest a Leica M3 with a Rigid or Collapsible Summicron. It would be a good second body alongside an MP. The cost of a good user condition M3 with the 50 that you fancy is quite reasonable; much less than the MP. It's higher magnification finder is well-suited for a fast-fifty.

 

[Goodyear]

here on RFF, 50mm fans

Wasn't aware we had many of them...

😉

 

[pvdhaar]

Wasn't aware we had many of them...

😉

I've heard it said that people prefer a focal length that corresponds to their age. It's only a matter of time before RFF members give up their 35's and 40's and start hunting for 50's en masse....

 

[Goodyear]

Well...

I'm 25, and I shoot 35. But often augmented with a 21, so maybe it averages out a little.

 

[markinlondon]

So 5 years ago I mainly shot with a 50, and now I mostly use a 35.

Am I regressing or just trying to recapture my lost youth?

Mark

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I must be a Peter Pan kinda guy: my favorite lenses are the 35 & 28. I like my collapsible 'cron 50 but I only use that one with my M3 (its VF makes you rediscover this focal length).

 

[GeneW]

I've heard it said that people prefer a focal length that corresponds to their age.

O Crikey! And here I just got an M2 that has no framelines for 135mm ...

Gene