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    • guillaumeG
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      @jacoavlu:

      I hear ya Guillaume. Of course you know anything to do with Leica is not gonna be cheap - it's like driving an Aston Martin, just changing the oil is expensive.

      Call up Sherry and tell her what's going on and she'll quote you a price. Good luck.

      Now, all that said, of course you've tried a fresh battery in the M6…

      of course, i feel that it has something to do with the shutter release. the m6 light meter responds to that when press down ever so slightly. i believe something is wrong there.

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        6 hrs in a darkroom

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          Nice pictures man! How's your nose doing from all those chemicals? Haha!

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            On a related topic: any opinions in regards to Leica X-1?
            (Was playing around with it in the stores today…)

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              @nooblet333:

              Nice pictures man! How's your nose doing from all those chemicals? Haha!

              Didn't bother me any but my wife said I stink… She has a nose like a bloodhound though.

              @FOXY:

              On a related topic: any opinions in regards to Leica X-1?
              (Was playing around with it in the stores today…)

              Seems highly overpriced for what you actually get. From what I can tell other cameras with similar form and features are less than half the price.

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                @FOXY:

                On a related topic: any opinions in regards to Leica X-1?
                (Was playing around with it in the stores today…)

                I'm really a Leica-man myself, but didn't like the X1 at all. I tried it briefly, a guy who bought my M8 was offering it to me as a trade. Instead I went for the Ricoh GXR and couldn't be happier with it.

                http://havaintoja.tumblr.com/

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                  The Leica P&S cameras are pretty much rebadged Panasonics. As such, you pay a premium for the red dot.

                  Ricoh makes great compacts.

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                    @loghill:

                    @FOXY:

                    On a related topic: any opinions in regards to Leica X-1?
                    (Was playing around with it in the stores today…)

                    I'm really a Leica-man myself, but didn't like the X1 at all. I tried it briefly, a guy who bought my M8 was offering it to me as a trade. Instead I went for the Ricoh GXR and couldn't be happier with it.

                    will look into this - sounds promising.

                    (I used to be a Rollei-man back in the day until my Rollei 35 broke and I gave up. now, I am at the point where I want to pick it up again - could/should get my Rollei's fixed and look into digital a bit more seriously, but a Leica M8 or M9 is way too much…)

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                    • FOXYF
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                      @jacoavlu:

                      The Leica P&S cameras are pretty much rebadged Panasonics. As such, you pay a premium for the red dot.

                      Ricoh makes great compacts.

                      are you sure about X-1 being a rebadged Panasonics?
                      (regarding Leica D-Lux and V-Lux 20 you should be right…)

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                      • dizcoD
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                        @FOXY:

                        @jacoavlu:

                        The Leica P&S cameras are pretty much rebadged Panasonics. As such, you pay a premium for the red dot.

                        Ricoh makes great compacts.

                        are you sure about X-1 being a rebadged Panasonics?
                        (regarding Leica D-Lux and V-Lux 20 you should be right…)

                        nope, X1 is made in germany and it's 100% leica's design (AFAIK)

                        it's not a jeans, it's an iron heart

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                          The X1 may not have a Pana counterpart. I haven't looked into it I'm sure it's a nice camera, just as the Leica/Pana cameras are nice too - I own one.

                          I just wouldn't put too much value on the Leica name when it comes to a digital (non-M mount) camera.

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                            @FOXY:

                            @jacoavlu:

                            The Leica P&S cameras are pretty much rebadged Panasonics. As such, you pay a premium for the red dot.

                            Ricoh makes great compacts.

                            are you sure about X-1 being a rebadged Panasonics?
                            (regarding Leica D-Lux and V-Lux 20 you should be right…)

                            nope, X1 is made in germany and it's 100% leica's design (AFAIK)

                            The sensor at least is made by Sony.

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                              @shutoko:

                              @dizco:

                              @FOXY:

                              @jacoavlu:

                              The Leica P&S cameras are pretty much rebadged Panasonics. As such, you pay a premium for the red dot.

                              Ricoh makes great compacts.

                              are you sure about X-1 being a rebadged Panasonics?
                              (regarding Leica D-Lux and V-Lux 20 you should be right…)

                              nope, X1 is made in germany and it's 100% leica's design (AFAIK)

                              The sensor at least is made by Sony.

                              Yes, and the M8 and M9 use Kodak sensors. It would be impossible to such a small manufacturer to put out their own sensors.

                              X1 is indeed a real Leica, made in Germany. But still not worth the money, I think.

                              http://havaintoja.tumblr.com/

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                                Postman just brought this:

                                http://havaintoja.tumblr.com/

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                                  as long as we're sharing…

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                                  • guillaumeG
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                                    @jacoavlu:

                                    as long as we're sharing…

                                    lovely

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                                      thanks

                                      and for more tele work, I like these 2

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                                      • guillaumeG
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                                        noooo. for tele photo work use your legs.

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                                          Understood.
                                          What's that saying, if your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough?
                                          When I said tele, suppose I should have said candid portrait.
                                          Love the bokeh the 85/2 can make, love it with my kids, not too tight but don't have to be in their face. And the lens is very compact, not much bigger than a 50 Summicron.
                                          The combo of an M + 35mm and SLR + 85mm handles everything.

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                                            Amazing Leica back there!

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