Hey John, I've had to make a habit of searching for spare change under the couch cushions of all of my friends and neighbors also.
Steve, I spent about a year away from the M8 ... which was a good thing as it helped me understand why I was attracted to the camera in the first place, and, in addition, what types of things I most enjoyed shooting with it. The 35lux was easily my favorite lens on the M8. This time around, I'm going to stick with the 35lux for a long time before I add anything else.
Thanks Cam, it's good to be back.
Peter, I really like the M8 and those brilliant little M lenses ... in the end, I've always had a thing for great glass. I do a lot of indoor, non-flash shooting. So the 35lux works like a charm for me. I had a chrome 35lux with no shift issues that I sold (doh!) and now have a black version that has tiny bit of shift between 2 and 2.8 but is very sharp wide open and past 2.8. I can certainly be happy with the lens as a sharp 1.4 was what I was most interested in. Lens swapping? What's that all about? You must be mistaking me for someone else. ;D
Thanks for the compliment, Clifford.
Elvis, I have been negligent in getting back to you. I'll send you a note. I'm glad you were able to keep your M8.2 ... forget the landscapes, you do so much else well.
Thanks much for checking out the site and the compliment, Roger. It's a first crude attempt at putting together my own site. As you can see, I'm not much of an editor as I should include less photos. But, perhaps I'm a bit of photo pack rat. I really like the name, phototelling, as it hopefully reduces photography to its most essential quality.
Kurt