Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] Ur Digilux Image
From: leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG)
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:05:46 -0400
References: <215443.48417.qm@web110208.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Bruce, I don't know that there has ever been a more accurate critique of my 
work.


On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:46 PM, taichung00 wrote:

> I've gone back and forth, Kyle, in assessment of your Digilux posts: 
> sometimes I believe you genuinely like the camera; sometimes I think 
> you're piling-on in making fun of the 'first and least among 'em'(digital, 
> that is); other times I wonder if it's ironic dissing of The Great Name -- 
> like flogging the Summitar. Maybe it's 'Look, Ma: no hands! (I can make 
> good photographs even with this sow.) Or self-congratulatory for all of 
> us: are not we Leica users unassailably right? Even our most dismissed 
> camera still can produce superior images.
> 
> So, I will continue to be uncertain how to read you, I expect. But 
> absolutely certain to enjoy each contribution. I hope you will keep them 
> coming --- they're very good and great fun.
> 
> I hope others will be inspired to submit work done with older-to-ancient 
> Leicas. Except in our Walter Mitty dreams, we're not all shooting M-9s or 
> S2s.
> 
>    Bruce Humphrey
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 10/28/10, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> It's easy to see why the Ur Digilux is the choice of professionals and 
> serious camera collectors the world around. While many "weekend shooters" 
> rely on crutches like multi-megapixels, zoom and interchangeable lenses, 
> the Ur Digilux is for the camera purest who wants as little as possible 
> between themselves, and art.
> 
> Inspired by words from Hamlet:
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/large-be-true.jpg
> 
> 
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