Comments for D!RK http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress Words to Visuals Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on One year with the Leica M9. A review by kris http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-549 kris Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:23:52 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-549 Thanks again, Dirk, Good luck with your new purchase! I'm considiring buying a used one as well as there are some pretty good deals out there, but I'm one who enjoys the assurance of knowing that if anything's wrong I know it's covered, still, more to think about! I'm also a little put off by the color of the M-E, but it's not a deal breaker, something I'll easily get used to as I'm not buying it to look at, just through! Good luck with your new M9, you take great pics with it! Thanks again, Dirk,

Good luck with your new purchase! I’m considiring buying a used one as well as there are some pretty good deals out there, but I’m one who enjoys the assurance of knowing that if anything’s wrong I know it’s covered, still, more to think about! I’m also a little put off by the color of the M-E, but it’s not a deal breaker, something I’ll easily get used to as I’m not buying it to look at, just through!
Good luck with your new M9, you take great pics with it!

]]> Comment on One year with the Leica M9. A review by D!RK http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-548 D!RK Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:14:02 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-548 Hi Kris. Calibration can be an issue. It can take about 4 weeks to get it calibrated at Leica in NJ. Finding a local specialist would be great. I think the ME is a great M9. I actually prefer the simpler layout. I am just a big fan of black and I wish they would have done it in all black. Actually today I bought a used M9 again. ;-) I am going on a trip and the Sony Nex 7 is just not fun to use for me, even with manual lenses. I look at old M9 files and really like the results. I don't know if this used camera will be flawed. Hopefully not. Good luck with your decision. D!RK Hi Kris. Calibration can be an issue. It can take about 4 weeks to get it calibrated at Leica in NJ. Finding a local specialist would be great. I think the ME is a great M9. I actually prefer the simpler layout. I am just a big fan of black and I wish they would have done it in all black. Actually today I bought a used M9 again. ;-)
I am going on a trip and the Sony Nex 7 is just not fun to use for me, even with manual lenses. I look at old M9 files and really like the results. I don’t know if this used camera will be flawed. Hopefully not.
Good luck with your decision. D!RK

]]> Comment on One year with the Leica M9. A review by kris http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-547 kris Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:45:51 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-547 Thanks Dirk, I too am tardy in my response back to you as I just re-found your blog. Thanks for your reply. I think my biggest concern on buying an M9(probably an M-E) is having to keep it calibrated. My fear is that I will have to send it off and be without it for quite some time, unless I can find a reputable person in my area that does this. I've scoured the internet for answers but there just isn't much in the way of info on this. It could be that the camera hasn't been around long enough for many to need calibrating. It's the one thing that's keeping me from making a decision. I took a short test ride with a used M9 today and OH how I miss manual focusing! For not a whole bunch more $$ I can have a brand new M-E, so that will probably be the way I go, matched up with a 50mm summicron f/2. Decisions, decisions.................. Thanks Dirk,

I too am tardy in my response back to you as I just re-found your blog. Thanks for your reply. I think my biggest concern on buying an M9(probably an M-E) is having to keep it calibrated. My fear is that I will have to send it off and be without it for quite some time, unless I can find a reputable person in my area that does this. I’ve scoured the internet for answers but there just isn’t much in the way of info on this. It could be that the camera hasn’t been around long enough for many to need calibrating. It’s the one thing that’s keeping me from making a decision. I took a short test ride with a used M9 today and OH how I miss manual focusing! For not a whole bunch more $$ I can have a brand new M-E, so that will probably be the way I go, matched up with a 50mm summicron f/2. Decisions, decisions………………

]]> Comment on Following In Sook Kim by D!RK http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=669#comment-545 D!RK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=669#comment-545 Hallo Eike. Ja, die Bilder von der Langen Foundation gefallen mir sehr gut. Auch die für die NYT haben mir damals sehr gut gefallen und irgendwie hätte ich schon gerne einen Print von Saturday Night. Ist ja Klasse dass Sie den Blogeintrag gefunden haben. Das Bild zu kaufen war schon was besonderes. Danke noch mal für die tolle Abwicklung. Viele Grüße. Dirk Hallo Eike. Ja, die Bilder von der Langen Foundation gefallen mir sehr gut. Auch die für die NYT haben mir damals sehr gut gefallen und irgendwie hätte ich schon gerne einen Print von Saturday Night. Ist ja Klasse dass Sie den Blogeintrag gefunden haben. Das Bild zu kaufen war schon was besonderes. Danke noch mal für die tolle Abwicklung. Viele Grüße. Dirk

]]> Comment on One year with the Leica M9. A review by D!RK http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-544 D!RK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:45:23 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-544 Hello Kris Sorry for the late reply but I was a bit too busy during the last few weeks. I totally understand how you are thinking about the X-Pro and the disconnect you have with modern focusing systems. I had used the M9 for 1 1/2 years, then moved up to the M9-P, which I keep for almost a year. I sold it when rumors about the new M showed up and I sold it at a really good price. I thought I would be able to cover the time in between the M9P and the new M with a Sony Nex-7 and an adapter. To be honest, the Sony stays home most of the time. I don't enjoy taking photos with it. The viewfinder is good but not the same. The focus feature is not as smooth and precise as a calibrated rangefinder. But most of all the feel for the camera is different. It feels like a toy. I mean it is out of metal and has great specs but I am just not enjoying it. The same for the actual files. They often look very flat. Faces often lack some contrast. In between I had used a Nex 5 as well which I thought created better files than the 7. Now I am even considering rebuying a M9 to have something in my hands again. Who knows when the M shows up. It may take months but I am missing out on many great photos just because I had stopped taking photos when I moved to Sony. It is strange because I like photography very much. I even use the same lenses but the sense of full control I only have with an M camera. Hello Kris
Sorry for the late reply but I was a bit too busy during the last few weeks. I totally understand how you are thinking about the X-Pro and the disconnect you have with modern focusing systems. I had used the M9 for 1 1/2 years, then moved up to the M9-P, which I keep for almost a year. I sold it when rumors about the new M showed up and I sold it at a really good price. I thought I would be able to cover the time in between the M9P and the new M with a Sony Nex-7 and an adapter. To be honest, the Sony stays home most of the time. I don’t enjoy taking photos with it. The viewfinder is good but not the same. The focus feature is not as smooth and precise as a calibrated rangefinder. But most of all the feel for the camera is different. It feels like a toy. I mean it is out of metal and has great specs but I am just not enjoying it. The same for the actual files. They often look very flat. Faces often lack some contrast. In between I had used a Nex 5 as well which I thought created better files than the 7. Now I am even considering rebuying a M9 to have something in my hands again. Who knows when the M shows up. It may take months but I am missing out on many great photos just because I had stopped taking photos when I moved to Sony. It is strange because I like photography very much. I even use the same lenses but the sense of full control I only have with an M camera.

]]> Comment on One year with the Leica M9. A review by kris http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-542 kris Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:50:40 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=86#comment-542 Some really nice photos you've taken with your M9. I know this blog is well over a year old and I'm not sure that I'll even get a response, no biggie. I was wondering, now that some time has passed, how you're enjoying your M9? How about maintenance and keeping the Range Finder/Lenses in alignment? I ask because I'm thinking about going this way as I'm looking to go manual again, something I truly miss from photography theses days. I see a three demensionality(if that's a word) to Leica photos that I just don't see from other cameras. I'm currently using a Fuji X-Pro1 with the 18,35,60mm and while the images are spectacular I can't stand the focus-by-wire that they've implemented into this. Would love to hear some feed back after you've owned the M9 for a while. Thanks, Kris Some really nice photos you’ve taken with your M9. I know this blog is well over a year old and I’m not sure that I’ll even get a response, no biggie.
I was wondering, now that some time has passed, how you’re enjoying your M9? How about maintenance and keeping the Range Finder/Lenses in alignment? I ask because I’m thinking about going this way as I’m looking to go manual again, something I truly miss from photography theses days. I see a three demensionality(if that’s a word) to Leica photos that I just don’t see from other cameras. I’m currently using a Fuji X-Pro1 with the 18,35,60mm and while the images are spectacular I can’t stand the focus-by-wire that they’ve implemented into this. Would love to hear some feed back after you’ve owned the M9 for a while. Thanks, Kris

]]> Comment on Following In Sook Kim by eike http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=669#comment-541 eike Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:26:49 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=669#comment-541 Hallo Dirk, lang ist es her.... Und es gibt schöne neue Bilder. http://www.doosangallery.com/artists/works.asp?idx=139&workIdx=2383&subPageNum=22 Liebe Grüße Eike Hallo Dirk,

lang ist es her…. Und es gibt schöne neue Bilder.

http://www.doosangallery.com/artists/works.asp?idx=139&workIdx=2383&subPageNum=22

Liebe Grüße

Eike

]]> Comment on Zone focusing with manual lenses by Nilesh Pujari http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-540 Nilesh Pujari Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:46:09 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-540 Excellent Article!! You have a way of explaining it in a very simple manner. Keep writing!!! Excellent Article!! You have a way of explaining it in a very simple manner. Keep writing!!!

]]> Comment on Zone focusing with manual lenses by Jamal Rashdi http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-495 Jamal Rashdi Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:28:40 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-495 Just bought an M and this article has helped a lot. Thank you so very much. Just bought an M and this article has helped a lot. Thank you so very much.

]]> Comment on Zone focusing with manual lenses by frank http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-491 frank Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:17:23 +0000 http://www.dirkahlgrim.com/wordpress/?p=1061#comment-491 nice. great illustrations. nice. great illustrations.

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