Re: M8 and lenses for sale
I shot NOTHING but my 21mm SA on my own M8 for almost a full year, just to really be able to master that lens when I wanted to use it. The net results I would say are SO much worth having put in that effort. I now feel not only a master of this lens on an M8, but also feel it made me a much better photographer in the process. But then, the 21mm SA is likely the hardest lens of the lineup to use, since it sits so far back into the body that auto aperture does not work. This is a fully manual bag folks, no cheating allowed. I've shot my 24 ASPH for years, so adjusting to that lens only took me a few weeks on the M8, as the first lens I used. Lately, I started moving up in the format to use my old 35mm Cron. Been on the camera now constantly for the last six or eight weeks. Next it is going to be a 75mm Lux, and the 28 Cron. Each in their turn, for the most part.
Bottom line, you want to be a great photographer, you just have no shortcut to using the gear so often, you build enough experience with it that you shoot your images without even thinking about your camera. You are too busy making artistic decisions for those petty details to creep into your consciousness. How anybody ever manages to do this carrying around a bag full of lenses is beyond my own comprehension. I tried it for years, and finally realized how dismally I failed at really perfecting my knowledge of any of them. Realizing once and for all that having the best of the best is an important ingredient in creating the ultimate image, it just isn't the only one.
Oh, and for the record, that Alpa TC is a great camera Guy, but my money is on Jack with the M8 in your competition. <Grin>.