Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] Which Bag?
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Nov 1 11:58:51 2004

The answers are interesting - but I had thought of this as shove in a
general conversational direction, rather than as a pop quiz...:-)

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Ridings
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:25 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Which Bag?


On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, B. D. Colen wrote:

> It's a bit like the subject of Summicron 50s....Oh well, for that 
> matter it's a bit like any question anyone could ask about Leicas and 
> their accessories. The only original questions one could ask on the 
> list would probably have to do with photography itself - why shoot?

Because there isn't a choice.

> why shoot what
> we shoot?

Because no one else can or did.

> what's photography all about?

Don't know. Living?

> what advantages does using
> Leicas offer?

None. Possibly the fact that they're quiet (my most important criterium.
I'm shy).

> can one do equally good work with other camera brands?

Of course.

> What makes a good photograph good?

Don't know. It touches me.

> What differentiates good photography
> from mediocre photography?

I'm mediocre, I've seen a lot of others that are good.

> What differentiates 'street photography' from
> photography of people in the street? Etc. etc. etc. :-)

Linguistics. One is a compound word, the other is a paraphrase.

Oh well ... just thought I'd fire off some answers without really
thinking. The questions are good.
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