[Leica] Re: Camera or photographer?

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Gene, 

Thanks for the info. Sometime I hope to get to try it
for myself.

I find I can get away with one click. If people hear
it and look, they see me innocently staring off in the
other direction. It's that follow-up click while under
scrutiny is what worries me. We're talking close,
here.

--- grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> Arche,
> 
> If it is the noise from the M8 you are worried
> aqbout, then I would not worry about it in the
> least.  The M8 I tried last month was just barely
> more audible than the M6TTL I have.  The noise issue
> is highly over rated.
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message from "H. Ball Arche"
> <h_arche@yahoo.com>: -------------- 
> 
> 
> > I can honestly say that the reason I've gotten
> most of 
> > the photographs I've taken in the past year
> without 
> > getting busted in the nose is because I've been
> using 
> > a Leica. 
> > 
> > The main reason I'm not interested in an M8, at
> this 
> > point, is the noise the auto-shuttercock makes
> after 
> > firing. I'd like to be able to pick my moment to
> be 
> > inconspicuous with that sound. And nothing else 
> > digital has the ergonomics for quick/intuitive 
> > adjustment. 
> > 
> > Pick the right tool for the job; there's a reason
> its 
> > called 'Leica Photography'. 
> > 
> > Arche 
> > 
> > --- Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: 
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Ted wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > Quite frankly I've always bought Leica range 
> > > finder cameras for such a 
> > > > simple reason ..... "THEY ARE THE BEST TOOLS
> IN MY 
> > > HANDS FOR THE KIND 
> > > > OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY I'VE ALWAYS DONE!" 
> > > Approximately 50 years 
> > > > plus, PERIOD! No other reason! Baubles be
> damned! 
> > > > 
> > > > Have they made a difference in the quality of
> my 
> > > photography? You bet 
> > > > yer sweet ass it has, just look through the
> books 
> > > I've done (8)! Or 
> > > > certainly the last 3 medical books, one a
> large 
> > > coffee table issue. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > You mean to tell me that it is the camera that
> makes 
> > > the photograph, 
> > > not the photographer. That any boob with a
> Leica, 
> > > even me, can 
> > > produce prize winning works. 
> > > 
> > > Come off it Ted. You are certainly such a
> competent 
> > > cameraman that 
> > > you could take good pictures with any equipment,
> 
> > > Canons, Nikons, 
> > > Argus C3s, or even Holgas. Don't perpetuate the
> myth 
> > > that it is the 
> > > equipment, not the eye, imagination and judgment
> of 
> > > the photographer 
> > > that determines the artistic quality of the
> image. 
> > > Otherwise you 
> > > sound like a Leica flack. 
> > > 
> > > Larry Z 
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________ 
> > > Leica Users Group. 
> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug
> for 
> > > more information 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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