Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
Lots of people were kind enough to give me their opinions about this subject so I thought I'd tell you what conclusion I've come to. I'd been swithering about buying a CL or an M body for the Leica experience but now I'm going to buy neither. The more I thought about it, the more I realised that I'd be spending a lot of money for a very marginal benefit.
On top of that, I shot a roll of film with a pal's M4 and I can't say I liked it too much. For a precision miniature (I know that's an old term but I've been reading a J Allan Cash book - sorry!) I just found it too imprecise. I didn't like the fact that there was so much appearing on the negative that was beyond the frameline when I was framing the scene. (My Pentax MX and K10D seem much better in that respect). I've also grown too used to SLRs and didn't like that I couldn't see how out of focus the background (and/or foreground) was at the taking stage. That's two areas of guesswork that I could do without.
I'm going to get the Pentax DA 35mm f2.8 macro lens for my K10D instead and concentrate on taking pictures instead of obsessing about gear. That's a lens that will make a very obvious and positive contribution to my photography - especially the stuff I'm starting to do for stock libraries.
Sincere thanks, though, for all your contributions. You lads are certainly enthusiastic about your Leicas. To paraphrase Humphry Bogart in Casablanca, I'll probably regret my decision, "not today, not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of my life." ;-)
Bruce
On top of that, I shot a roll of film with a pal's M4 and I can't say I liked it too much. For a precision miniature (I know that's an old term but I've been reading a J Allan Cash book - sorry!) I just found it too imprecise. I didn't like the fact that there was so much appearing on the negative that was beyond the frameline when I was framing the scene. (My Pentax MX and K10D seem much better in that respect). I've also grown too used to SLRs and didn't like that I couldn't see how out of focus the background (and/or foreground) was at the taking stage. That's two areas of guesswork that I could do without.
I'm going to get the Pentax DA 35mm f2.8 macro lens for my K10D instead and concentrate on taking pictures instead of obsessing about gear. That's a lens that will make a very obvious and positive contribution to my photography - especially the stuff I'm starting to do for stock libraries.
Sincere thanks, though, for all your contributions. You lads are certainly enthusiastic about your Leicas. To paraphrase Humphry Bogart in Casablanca, I'll probably regret my decision, "not today, not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of my life." ;-)
Bruce
