Most of what I use on a daily basis now is either a Leica X typ 113 or a Leica M-P typ 240. Next to those two, an Olympus E-M1 for my more technical needs.
I've been through a vast number of different cameras over the past 52 years of taking pictures, but Nikon and Leica were my mainstays through most of the time from 1969 to 2002. I bought a Pentax *ist DS in 2004 because Canon wanted too much money for their relatively crappy 14mm L lens—the DA 14/2.8 plus an *ist DS body was less expensive than the Canon lens, and the Pentax lens and body performed better. I shot with Pentax DSLR gear exclusively for a few years, then in 2007 acquired a couple of Panasonic L1s and an Olympus E-1. Still have the E-1, still shoot with it occasionally. Added an E-5 to the kit in 2010, but then I closed the photo business and wanted something more compact. I went back to Leica after pitching around with a few other things. The Ricoh GXR was great and reminded me again that the M-mount lenses were really what I was after. Bought the M9 in 2012 and never bonded with it, it just didn't respond like my M4-2 and prior film Ms did, but it sure made nice photos. In 2013, Olympus finally came out with the "fusion" camera that worked with my remaining pro-grade FourThirds lenses as well or better than the original cameras did, so I bought that as my modern, technical system. It's just great. Earlier this year, my M9's sensor was diagnosed as needing replacement. I had a choice to let them do that for free or take a generous trade-in to buy the latest M-P typ 240. It was a lot of money, I went back and forth on it for a bit, but in the end I decided it was worth it. It was: this is the digital Leica M I was hoping for. The more I use it, the more I want to use it. G > On Mar 21, 2015, at 12:59 AM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Following on from the previous thread, what make of camera do you now use, > and has it changed over the years? > > From 1977 to 2014 I used almost exclusively Pentax equipment, although I had > a brief and disappointing fling with an Olympus in the early 90s. I still > use Pentax *most* of the time, but I now have a Canon camera as well, which > serves a different purpose. > > Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
