Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Galen Rowell and Nikon
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 17:28:06 -0700

Dan Cardish wrote:
> 
> Well, maybe it is time to reconsider what is often written in the posts
> here.  They ain't necessarily true.
> 
> Dan C.
> 
> At 11:35 AM 08-09-99 EDT, InfinityDT@aol.com wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> >the best?  So, if it is true what is written often in the posts here, i.e.
> >that Leica glass "blows away" or "kicks the crap" out of everyone else's
> >glass, wouldn't you stop to wonder how that has eluded someone like Rowell
> >throughout a career spanning decades?  This isn't a put-down of Rowell's
> >visionary talent, it is simply a question posed regarding equipment choices
> >made by someone who has devoted no small amount of space in his books and
> >magazine columns to discussions of his equipment.
> >
> >
I didn't hear anyone say anything negative about Singh. And he switched to Nikon
from Leica: even more painful then never having used them. And flash on camera
yet. An easy victim. Yet his work defies cliche and reeks of greatness yet has
great subtlety. And in color. But nice subtle color.
Mark Rabiner