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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: i think it works for leica as well!
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:17:39 -0700
References: <42.6fd4321.267ec792@aol.com> <394D7F06.4AB8A390@home.com>

Ted-
 Hell, it works with a 35, too! I went to the Virginia Pork Festival last
week ,and a lot of shots were done at f8, zone focused from 5ft to almost
infinity!
I hope they turn out- it rained so much, I felt like a flat rock under a
cow!
Dan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: i think it works for leica as well!


>
>
> ARTHUR wrote:
> >
> > OK. But so-called "real" photos and those produced by toy cameras are
not
> > exactly comparable; while I prefer "real" photos when they are really
> > interesting and excellent,  they rarely are these days. Toy-photos, on
the
> > other hand, can make me see things I haven't seen before; they often
convey
> > more emotion, poetry, beauty  and insight  than the "real" stuff,
IMHO.<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Art,
> But if you take an M6, put on a 15mm, 21 or 24,  set focus for small
> aperture allowing a large depth of field, you have a great "toy camera"
> with a built in meter!
>
> And anyone who has a 15 Voigtlander/Cosina with adapter and attached to
> the M6 can attest to it's just one great fun happy snapping toy camera.
:-)
>
> Blaze away without any thought other than capturing what excites your
vision.
>
> ted

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