Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:18 PM 10/15/97 -0400, you wrote: > My God Shawn - I think that you've got it -- you've really got it! > > Marvin - Mud & XXX > >In a message dated 97-10-15 18:20:07 EDT, Shawn wrote: ><< > It seems that Mr. Gandy was attempting to make the point (quite > successfully, in my mind) that the word > "Leica" is more than a brand name which is stamped on the body of the > camera at the factory. It is also a certain mystique, heritage, and > perfection of design which has endeared so many people to the M cameras. > It is a feeling, much like the elusive "bokeh", which makes cameras such > as the M's a thoroughly unique experience in photography today. It seems > that the R cameras, specifically the R8 as it is referred to by Mr. > Gandy, lack this quality in that they are merely an interation of the > common SLR camera. > Could someone please define the word INTERATION ? Webster doesn't seem to know about it. Jim