kinok1
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After learning to shoot on film then going over to a complete digital workflow in my professional life, i have returned (albeit, slowly). After hearing the praises of the Voigt, i purchased an r2a with the 35 1.7.
For the money, its a wonderful tool. The lens rivals some of the best of my nikon glass and for much less money...I brought it along on some of my jobs, and it performed as well as I could expect.
For most of my life i questioned the praises of that tiny red dot...I had a hard time getting my head around what would justify such a hefty price...i mean, its film! Well, i've fallen in love with those little negatives again, and so have some of my clients, and after a whole lot of back and forth i purchased an unused m6 classic .72. Apparently it sat on some collectors shelf for 20 years. I decided to buy the 50 f2 new.
I have always admired the history of leica, both for what leitz did during ww2, and the cameras he produced. But not until I got the first negatives back from the lab did i truly understand why people love these cameras. Sturdy as all hell, allowing me to shoot at slower shutter speeds than i ever dreamed with my D(fill in the blank)X. And that glass...well the contrast and clarity is something that I had not experienced.
As the voigtlander was a revelation in returning to film in my daily life. The leica has been a revelation in returning to the art and pleasure of why i do what i do.
So thanks to all, here at RFF for reawakening my love of photography, to cameraquest for selling me a film camera when any sane person would have said to buy more hard disk space, and to leica for making a camera that i can grow into.
For the money, its a wonderful tool. The lens rivals some of the best of my nikon glass and for much less money...I brought it along on some of my jobs, and it performed as well as I could expect.
For most of my life i questioned the praises of that tiny red dot...I had a hard time getting my head around what would justify such a hefty price...i mean, its film! Well, i've fallen in love with those little negatives again, and so have some of my clients, and after a whole lot of back and forth i purchased an unused m6 classic .72. Apparently it sat on some collectors shelf for 20 years. I decided to buy the 50 f2 new.
I have always admired the history of leica, both for what leitz did during ww2, and the cameras he produced. But not until I got the first negatives back from the lab did i truly understand why people love these cameras. Sturdy as all hell, allowing me to shoot at slower shutter speeds than i ever dreamed with my D(fill in the blank)X. And that glass...well the contrast and clarity is something that I had not experienced.
As the voigtlander was a revelation in returning to film in my daily life. The leica has been a revelation in returning to the art and pleasure of why i do what i do.
So thanks to all, here at RFF for reawakening my love of photography, to cameraquest for selling me a film camera when any sane person would have said to buy more hard disk space, and to leica for making a camera that i can grow into.
