Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] Pics from down under
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sun Feb 8 18:47:33 2009
 
Bob, you need a tri-elmar ;-) Everyone knows the weight is in the pixels: 
the E1 is 5mega and the M8 10mega, so pixel for pixel, the M8 is very light 
;-)

--- leica@web-options.com wrote:

From: "Bob W" <leica@web-options.com>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: RE: [Leica] Pics from down under
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:51:28 -0000

> Many times on the trip while lugging a heavy SLR and zoom 
> lens I wished I
> had taken the M8 - serves me right!
> Comments and critique welcomed.

Ahem.

Just back from Paris lugging this around:

M8                      590
21/2.8 Elmarit-M        250
28/2    Ultron  244
35/1.4 Summilux-M       245
50/2 Summicron-M        240
                        1569

My SLR kit covering the same++ fields of view:

Olympus E-1                     660
Zuiko 14-54/2.8-3.5     435
                                1095

Weights in grams.

I have a couple more Zuiko lenses for the E-1 plus a battery holder, so I
could probably make it heavier than the Leica kit if I wanted to, but Leicas
are no lightweights.

On the other hand, Paris is the spiritual home of the M series, so you have
to take it.

Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Clive Moss
> Sent: 07 February 2009 20:39
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Pics from down under
> 
> Hi all,
> I recently returned from a long trip to Australia/New Zealand 
> - primarily to
> see family with a bit of sightseeing thrown in.
> Pictures (pretty postcards mostly) taken with OT equipment are at
> 
> http://clive.smugmug.com/Travel/676774/
> 
> Many times on the trip while lugging a heavy SLR and zoom 
> lens I wished I
> had taken the M8 - serves me right!
> Comments and critique welcomed.
> --
> Clive
> http://clive.moss.net/blog
> 
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