Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 7, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Rei > I don't think MPs were snake oil and if I didn't have M3s and M6s > my choice would be an MP. It looked to me as if the company saw > some of their marketing errors and hoped to regroup with a > mechanical camera. If I wanted an automated camera it would be a > Nikon or Canon. Personally, I prefer the M6 and the idea of > changing dial designs (M6TTL) seemed idiotic. The years I spent > shooting professionally convinced me of a few "golden rules". One > of the most important is to keep the equipment I carry the same. > Same bodies, different focal lengths. I don't even want to look at > the settings while shooting but dial them by feel. > > As far as not working professionally, there are some misconceptions > about that. Anyone can use a camera and learn to do it well. I even > doctor myself from time to time without ill effects. If you are > doing something which excites you that is what counts. If you are > doing an assignment for a national magazine even cow poop photos > must look good. That is the biggest difference. > > Walt > > p.s Recently has surgery and reluctantly let the doctor do it. :-) you da man Walt.... :-) Steve > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >> I am no working professional, but I would like to defend the mp as >> more than marketing snake-oil. Prior to the mp, my favorite >> camera was the m6 0.85 and I also had an m3 upgraded to m6-style >> loading. In short, the mp contained for me the functionality of a >> somewhat rare model of m6 and a complicated conversion job on a >> long-discontinued model. Again, I am not a working professional >> (in photography) but this does not necessarily invalidate those >> things I appreciate in a fine camera. And the mp embodied many of >> those virtues. >> >> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 9:46 am, Walt Johnson wrote: >> ... Time will tell, but look at the Leitz shenanigans just in the >> last few years. From M6 to M6TTl to M7 and then back to the M3 or >> was that MP? Marketing nonsense, not tools for working professionals. >> -rei >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information