Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been watching this thread with some disbelief. How could anyone claim that these pictures could have been taken with a P&S camera? The focus motor, shutter, flash pop, and wind level on most P&S is so loud that the subject would be distracted. The zoom motor sound would have made the boy look at the camera, and the woman turn her head, turning the image into a diary record, something other than what it is now. The flare of most P&S cameras would have made shooting with the light bulbs in the field impossible. I could go on, but these are exactly what they are billed: really cool Leica images. Case in point. My daughter was the Wicked Witch in the school production of Wizard of Oz. I had a 90mm Elmarit-M on an M6, shooting with NHGII 800, no flash, mostly at f/2.8. Good friend next to me had her P&S ready. When her daughter (munchkin) came out, up she jumps, wooor, click, snap, flash pop, buzz, then HORRORS END OF ROLL buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz to rewind, while everyone looks at her in disbelief. I lift M6, silently click off shot of munchkin. When I saw her next she sighed, "my picture didn't turn out so good." I handed her the picture of her daughter. Her reply? You guessed it: "Oh, my God, look at this picture!" And then, "when did you take this?" I rest my case. Bob