Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20

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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] deception -- None
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 22:32:15 -0600

At 10:53 AM 1/20/98 -0500, you wrote:

>     quieter.  But how with an M camera "you are directly confronting your 
>     subject" any more than with a Nikon, or "are part of the camera" any 

This is the only one where I buy his argument totally. Though I think the
M6 makes the kind of shooting he's talking about more intuitive, quicker
and just plain fun!

What I think about "confronting directly" with an M6 is that you're not
looking through the lens. it's more like looking directly at the subject.
There's less of a barrier between you and the subject as far as the camera
goes. Where an SLR abstracts the subject more and makes it more
two-dimensional on the screen. The M6 is a more natural way of shooting,
but there are times when natural doesn't get the job done, and an SLR is a
better choice.

Which is why I swing both ways (When it comes to cameras! Romance: I'm a
straight shooter!). <G>
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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