Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD I guess you saying that professional photography is dead. I am old photographer who came here and bought first M camera when M was everybody's camera. Back then only few could own M. Today it is still everybody's camera but more people own M. I guess I miss your speech on sad current reality. I have seen more like evolution and I evolve with it. It does not make me less professional no? Emos Houzob >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] MP vs. M7 >Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:20:05 -0500 > >Eric - How the sales are going, and whether it is the "instrument of the >pros" is utterly irrelevant; the sad current reality is that for all >intents and purposes - with some very notable exceptions - Leica M >cameras are no longer "instruments of the pros." Period. That day is >long past. They are, however, fine instruments. The real question, the >only relevant question, is "which is the ideal instrument for Eric >Ertman?" Will you be happier owning, or thinking you own, the ultimate >Leica M, the "modern M3," or will you be happier with perfectly exposed >photos of your young children? > >Only you can answer that question. > >Best > >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric >Ertman >Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:07 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] MP vs. M7 > > >After having gone full circle,starting off with an M6 and gone through >Nikons and Canons, age is making me come back to my senses. The time has > >come for an M7 or MP. I've hanled (fondled) the M7 but have not had the >opportunity to do the same with an MP. Technically the choice is tough >enough, as I do appreciate the mechanical simplicity of the MP, so from >a >selfish point of view this might be the Leica of my dreams. I do however > >take a considerable amount of pictures of my young children during play >where the AE of the M7 would be a godsend. What I would like to hear >from >those of you who know both cameras, is the MP the beauty that it is made >out >to be (a la M3) or is it more a marketing gimmick than anything else? >How >are the MP's sales going so far? Is it more a collectors camera than an >instrument for pros? > >Would appreciate any kind of input concerning M7 vs MP. > > > > >Eric Ertman >Tangengate 11 >4950 Risør >Norway > >E-mail. emertrice@hotmail.com > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail snakker ditt språk! >http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?rru=dasp/lang.asp - Få Hotmail >på >norsk i dag > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software — optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html