Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > From: Oddmund Garvik <garvik@i-t.fr> > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 97 04:38:03 -0700 > Subject: Re: Toners and Leica Glow snip-------------- > My Olympus mju-2 has the "glow" as well...with a 2.8/35mm lens, 2-zone light > metering, switchable to spot metering, AE range from EV 1.0 to EV 17 (F2.8 > at 4 sec. - F11 at 1/1000sec), weatherproof, normal price in France about > $160-170. It is my 'always-in-the-pocket-camera', and it is so small that I > sometimes have to look after if I still have it! > > My point is not that Leica make bad cameras and lenses! But I think that > Leica products are overpriced and overestimated. And I know that you may > obtain similar, sometimes better results with other cameras, much cheaper, > as solid as, or more solid than the Leicas. > > Photography is more than a camera and a lens. First you need brain glow, > heart glow and glow in the eyes. At the end comes the alchemy, where the > circle once again joins the brain, the heart and the eyes. A good image is > something very complex and mysterious. It has a universal message and is > capable of making people anywhere laugh, cry, smile, or revolt. > > Oddmund > I completely agree with you, Oddmund. I have made some excellent pictures with Olympus Mju-1. All the friends from photographic society laughed at me: "how could you admire such a plastic 3 elements lens". I have also some glowing pictures shot with Nikon 80-200/2.8 lens. I was caught in Leica trap selling all my Nikon equipment and buying Leica R5&R7 with three lenses. I don't regret it. The pictures look great and I have also appetite for M6 but I don't have enough money. As a substitute I bought Contax G1 and really admire the results achived with 45/2 Planar lens. I agree that Leicas are overpriced, but lovely to use. Krzysztof Szecowka