Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, I object! Sorry, My experience is quite the opposite. In my early years of serious photography I had got a CanonAE1 - with 1.8/50 FD lens. A <modern camera> by the standards of the day. All the attitude I got for may work was tolerant. <OK, those are his pictures>. It took me more than a year or two to understand that the lens just does not perform! I swapped this - in those years quite acceptable - electronic gadget for Nikon F with the old 2/50 lens. I kept using the same developers, processes, you name it. And the next day - all of a sudden - I was a better photographer! Just because THE CAMERA PERFORMED! The next step for me was Leica M3 - complete with Summarit 1.5/50 and Summaron 3.5/35. AND AGAIN IT WAS A STEP UPWARDS! Just don't tell me my professional improvements simply coincided with the moments I switched to a different camera maker. I really mean it - it is easier to be a good photographer with a Leica, but it (certainly) does not make HCBs of us all. It is better to be a photographer with a good camera than a bad one - period. On the other hand - lots and lots of really great photos were/are/will be made by use of mediocre/bad gear. So what? I am still using my Nikon equipment when the demands for my pictures are lower (when it's certain the enlargements don't need to bi large, etc.) - and - after all - I can't afford a similar - comprehensible Leica system yet (and maybe I never will). But - please - don't tell me you can't tell the difference between properly developed Leica negs/pictures - and those taken by a different maker camera/lens. Because I'm no magician or superman - and I can. Yours Martin > I'm glad that you said it Walt, because I was writing a response saying > precisely the same thing - I have never had a client, friend, family > member, etc. etc., say, 'oh, this is the Leica shot.' There are times > when I look back at the results of a shoot and even I am not sure which > camera I used for which shot. > > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > > It hasn't been my experience that they could tell any difference. > > I and a > > co-worker have often mixed Leica and Nikon (as well as other formats). Not > > once has anyone noticed the difference, even in color. > > My co-worker Brent SAYS he can tell Leica shots on the light table, but that > > has NOT ever been proven in practice...the "consumer", publisher, etc, has NEVER > > commented as to brand of equipment. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html