Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, mon cher ami. I understand your point. Let me put this way. I have respect for (i) an opinion that Leica is nothing more than a picture taking tool, (ii) an opinion that Leica is a work of art that one should fondle and caress, and (iii) an opinion that these two opinions are compatible. Incidentally, I am of the third opinion. MIKRO Ted Grant wrote: > Mikiro san, > I've used M cameras of various models for 40 years or near that in work > as a professional photojournalist and at the moment I use 3 M7's and an > old M6 and I've never related to the sound they made until I joined the > LUG. Neither did I have any hassle about the viewfinder flare that also > seemed to be a great bother to others. Just move your eye slightly and > it's gone! > > My job day in and day out was doing documentary assignments, so I never > had the time to fondle and click the camera's because they're merely > tools and not some expensive bauble in my hands. > > Over the past half dozen years on the LUG this noise topic has raised > it's supposedly ugly head many times and it's still a non-issue with me > where ever I shoot. Simply because I'm too busy concentrating on the > picture taking and not some little click that we hear because the camera > is close to our ear as we shoot. But rarely do others hear if they're > engaged in something useful > > However, given there's a whole new breed of "clicker-clatter" users on > board these days I thought maybe some one might like to waste their > time, get a noise meter, go to a church bang off a bunch of clicks and > measure the sound. Then tell us how good or bad it is! > > In that way we could save a bunch of time reading all this whining and > comparing noise to noise and use the time to much better use taking > pictures! > > Do you not agree? > > ted >