Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, i am thinking the same thing with you. M6 is small enough to fit into my jacket pocket. it just more heavier than plastic P&S camera but it do all thing that you want to play with such as apeture, shutter speed etc. best of all, optic quality Olivier >From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Point and Shoot( bah, humbug) >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:33:41 -0600 > >I'm giving away my Olympus stylus, and my Minolta that looks like the >Leica Mini. I can't keep batteries in them, because I never use them. > >hmmm, I'm tending to side with Mark Rabiner here. I take my M6 or my >CL out. I almost always use the same film. The 35 Summicron is glued >to the CL and the 90 mm TE on the M6. > >I know the film, I know the cameras, I know the lenses. I point and >shoot. > >The CL fits in even my blazer pocket, but it is faster to use if it is >in my hand. Point, brain works without me thinking about it, camera >mostly focuses itself, because I don't think about that either, the >needle gets set right, and I don't think about it. I only think about >composing, and where the light is. > >Do you think about when to put the clutch in when you are driving? > >I don't have any modes to set. No shutter lag. > >Battery dead? f11 outside, 5.6 in the shade. > >Point, shoot. finish roll, process. Look at pictures. Some are not >what I wanted. Throw them away. > >Reload, go point and shoot some more. > >Regards, >Sonny in Natchitoches >http://www.sonc.com > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:24 AM >Subject: RE: [Leica] Point and Shoot > > > > If you favor the 28mm focal length, the Ricoh GR1s is a fine P&S. If >you > > favor the 21mm focal length and have more money than you know what >to do > > with, consider the Ricoh 21mm P&S. > > > > But for the, the ultimate P&S for doing fine photography is the >Konica > > Hexar Silver. Give it your full consideration. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > > > -- > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html