Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll third and fourth the point that both Bob and Doug made...equipment can be a spark to rekindle a flame, or a flame to inspire photo exploration. By the same token, at one point in my photo life, when I was doing nothing more than taking photos of the kids a few times a year, I looked at my M4p and said, 'this is ridiculous. Why do I have so much money tied up in this kind of equipment if I'm just going to take snap shots?' So I sold it and got an Olympus IS-3...A number of years later, when I again got really serious about photography, I came back to Leica M....and it makes a difference... B. D. http://www.a-day-in-our-life.com A Day In Our Life... Documentary Photography of American Families P. S. Hey, Bernard, have you ever been in an American hospital, much less tried to take photos in one? If you had, you wouldn't be making such foolish, uninformed comments about what kind of equipment is or isn't necessary when shooting in one. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug Herr > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 4:41 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] lest anyone think otherwise > > > On Tue, 13 June 2000, Bmceowen@aol.com wrote: > > <SNIP> > > > > I have felt that I sort of lost my edge as a photographer over > the years. > > Buying Leicas was in part an attempt to rekindle the flame. > Personally, I > > think it's worked. I'm taking much more interest in photography > and working > > harder to come up with personal stories and nice images to go > along with > > them. FWIW, I won the "Photographer of the Year" title in the > Cooperative > > Communicators Association's photo contest this year. Not that > means anything, > > mind you. There are only a dozen or so competant photographers in the > > association so the competition is pretty weak. Still, I hadn't > won the title > > in some time (I took it twice about 8 years ago) but I did this year. I > > attribute that to just caring a bit more about photography this > year -- and > > that is, at least, in part due to the Leicas . . . > > > > Bob (owner of an extremely expensive plaque if you factor the > Leicas) McEowen > > The SL did the same thing for me 20 years ago (rekindled the > flame, not the plaque). In part it was the better technical > quality of the chromes, in part the camera's quick handling that > allowed more kinds of photos, but mostly the SL challenged me to > deserve the camera. I got more "keepers" in the first 6 months > with the SL than in the previous 10 years with the N****. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ > > > > >