RE: [Leica] Apples and Oranges

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Thanks Dan,

This is a very interesting group.  If I comment positively about the quality
of Leica cameras or lenses I get chastised unless I can scientifically
detail what I mean.  If I comment about why Autofocus is necessary in this
day and age, I get back a bunch of "old man talk" about how Leica is still
the better choice because the lenses are so good.  Jeeezz...I can't win
here.  I wonder if people on the LUG really shot pictures or just hug their
Ms and Rs each day.  For the snapshot taker, I guess the M would be much
better than say a P&S.  But for the working photog, it is only one piece in
the arsenal.  You still need more tool to build the house and clientele.

Peter K

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> From: 	Dan Post[SMTP:dwpost@email.msn.com]
> Reply To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Sent: 	Wednesday, December 30, 1998 11:11 AM
> To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: 	Re: [Leica] Apples and Oranges
> 
> Peter-
> Of course you know that you'll no doubt be flamed, but this very thing was
> something Bob Bedwell and I discussed earlier this week. For many people,
> not just action photographers, but people with failing eyesight and other
> physical restraints, AF is a godsend.
> Someone had said that when the only tool you have is a hammer, all
> problems
> start to look like nails... well, I agree that there are many photographic
> problems out there, and one single solution, i.e. Leica, cannot solve them
> all.
> I can remember taking shots of  the football games in highschool with an
> old
> Rollei TLR- I can appreciate the modern fast focusing cameras for their
> ability to be there when it happens, and I can also appreciate the
> leisurely
> pace of the old Leica LTM cameras for their qualities.... Rest assured,
> Peter, you aren't alone in the way you think!
> ( Personally- I think if Leica is smart, they'll have an R9, AND an AFR-1
> !)
> Best of both worlds :)
> Dan
> dwpost@msn.com
> 
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