Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like the man said, don't buy one then! Simon Lee, Jonathan wrote: > > Saying that the Lecia 0 is for people who wish to rediscover 20s style > photography is like saying that the M6 Gold Thailand is targeted at people > who wish to discover the challenging joys of photography with a camera > containing a precious metal. The Leica 0 is a collector camera, the > marketing enthuses about accurate reproduction, finsih and materials. These > are not important things to a user. I would be happily surprised if I > actually found somebody using a Leica-0, there will indeed be things to > learn without a rangefinder and with just a 50 lens. Sadly I don't think any > of them will ever have much film through them or be jammed down the front > pants pocket the way that a user Leica SM will be. > > Jonathan Lee > > Erwin wrote: > > A Null-series camera is most obviously not targeted at the sports reporter > for the Olympics. It is for the person who wishes to rediscover the style of > photography of the early twenties and is fascinated by it. It makes sense to > manufacture a camera body that forces one to do some thinking before making > a picture. If that is your style of photography? No! Fine, than the > Null-series is not for you! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > -----