Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Hoyen ~simontart~ <simontart@hotmail.com> >Heck, I'll do just that, this weekend. I'm going to head >over to the International Center of Photography and get me a Holga! >Bottom line is, I've seen too many pictures that were technically perfect >but aesthetically boring. I've also seen a lot of pictures that were >technically flawed but emotionally powerful Lots of photos are boriing because they are exquisitely-composed and totally conventional views which give us what we expect to see, but which reveal no new truths. It's tough enough to seek these out and capture them on a little piece of celluloid without complicating matters further by encumbering yourself with a crummy camera. Besides, I've seen folks buy Leicas for $50, and Dianas for $130, so be thrifty and stick with what you've got :-) The next Leica-type lens I get will probably be the 15mm Heliar, but since it has no real competition, I'm not sure that there's any point in my reading test reports about it--that it delivers smile-inducing results is test enough in this instance. Jeff