I do have an M6, with a Summicron 50, a Voigtlander 28/3.5, and a Jupiter 35/2.8. And I still use it, lately I've been shooting color film with it so I can have almost the same b&w workflow as I use with digital.
The M6 is the camera I 'learned' to do street photography with, that's why the M8 would be perfect. The RD-1 I'm not so sure about--it seems to have had some QC issues, plus frankly, I think it is less bang for the buck than the M8. Thanks everybody for the answers! I'll let you know what I decide... j On 4/13/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juan, I've been wondering for a long time why don't you shoot range > finder. It is so much fits your style. > > I cannot say much for M8, but if you could still use film, I think it > would be preferable. I honestly think M8 was served not fully cooked, so > to say. > > Otherwise - if you can - go for it. You have "Japanese Leica" (Pentax) > and you'll have real one too ;-). > > Or you can buy this Epson camera (R-D1 or something) which is way > cheaper and probably quite good enough. > > Boris > > Juan Buhler wrote: > > As some of you know, I've been missing my Leica rangefinder since I > > returned to Pentax in 2004 with an istD. > > > > Now, I wasn't really thinking seriously about buying an M8 until > > today, when two things happened: I realized I'm getting a nice tax > > refund that I wasn't counting on (I know, it was my money all the > > time, but still), and I saw the camera, in stock at K&S in Palo Alto > > (I won't buy there btw, they always treat me pretty badly.) > > > > Please, help me save $5000 and stay on the Pentax side... > > > > Or, help me rationalize this crazy purchase :) > > > > j > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
