Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, but using a very obsolete camera does not - normally - "make you make better pictures." If using an old LTM Leica rather than a modern camera like a Bessa R2 is how someone gets his or her jollies, fine. But let's not mythologize obsolescence. BTW - About two weeks ago I post a message saying that there is a new book - and exhibit - of Bert Glinn's Cuban Revolution photos, and that there is a photo of Glinn with a carbine in hand, draped in Ms .....welllllll....Book arrived yesterday, and it is wonderful....but when I saw the photo of Glinn, by Time photographer Gray Vilet, as a full pager, I could see that he is draped with.....Nikon rangefinders...three that are quite visible, and what is probably a fourth over a shoulder......;-) B. D. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Hahn <chadgretch@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] new user > I think using a screw mount Leica can not only be > cheaper than getting a Bessa, it also gives you a real > education in Photography. You need to think about > almost every step of the process and the slowing down > helps you make better pictures. Unless you pre-set > the exposure and use hyperfocal focusing and then just > fire away. > > Chad Hahn > --- David Rodgers <davrod@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > At 11:22 PM 6/4/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > >Since the introduction of the Bessa R2, for the > > starting-out rangefinder > > >user, there really isn't much point in getting a > > used Leica, > > > > Martin, > > > > Careful here, my good man! Using a Leica isn't about > > snobbery. It's about > > using one of the finest tools in the trade. Owning > > and not using a > > Leica....that's collecting. :-) > > > > Generally, the more a person invests in something, > > the more committed they > > become. I never regretted buying my first Leica M > > (which I could hardly > > afford at the time). I soon after regretting not > > having bought one sooner. > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > -- > 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