Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] surprises and disappointment
From: V8PWR@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:10:18 EST

Dans un courrier daté du 12/11/01 17:02:29 Paris, Madrid, chris@almqvist.net 
a écrit :

> Here are some things I experienced at the opening night of 
>  photographic exhibition featuring the Leica photos that will appear 
>  in a special London supplement of a design magazine here. We were 
>  told the photos had been made using the new Leica O series.
>  
>  After the official introductions I went up to the photographer and 
>  asked him why he used Leica. "Because it is the best camera!" And why 
>  is it the best camera, I asked. "Because of the lenses!" But none of 
>  the pictures on display bear witness of high optical quality I said, 
>  they could have been taken with any old SLR or even a pocket camera. 
>  "If you hold a Leica in your hand you will know!" I hold my M6 in my 
>  hand right now I answered, in my left hand jacket pocket. "Gimme the 
>  camera and I will show you how I work with the  camera!"  So he 
>  started shooting pictures of me and some people nearby, moving back 
>  and forward and moving the lens setting from infinity (!) to close 
>  up, and back, and forward again again, and back again all the way, 
>  shooting all the time and saying that film is just material. "Send me 
>  some prints of the good pictures" he said when he gave me back the 
>  camera with the film finished. I can´t oblige. There was hardly a 
>  single in-focus negative, except for a few of static items. Perhaps 
>  this was ART.
>  
>  Chris
>  -- 
>  Christer Almqvist
>  look at my b+w portraits
>  www.almqvist.net/chris


And who was that clown ?

Jo Goodtimes , France 
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