Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't tell me about film is retro, I just have 5 boxes of 4x5 from B&H came in yesterday. Should be enough for the weekend... may be... On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Dan Khong <dankhong at gmail.com> wrote: > LUGgers > > As I reflect on why on earth would Leica bring out a completely analog > beast when everybody else is like on the digital bandwagon. > > The reason is because everybody is on the other bandwagon, and Leica likes > to think out of the box and act differently and that is why there is a cult > following. > > The M cameras are minimalistic so that one can concentrate on picture > taking rather than being swamped by all the bells and whistles. Now not > having a meter makes it fully elementary. Using an external meter or > guessing the exposure actually stimulate your grey cells. > > Film is retro. There is an increasing interest in retro. I started playing > old vinyls again and just love their analogue music. > > Things do come round one full circle. > > Dan K. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits