Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Getting into Leica
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Oct 24 08:59:00 2007
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On Oct 23, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 08:04 PM 10/23/2007, Leonard Taupier wrote:
> >Oh Marc, You misunderstand. I don't dislike the IIIc. It's the only
> >Leica camera I own that I actually carry in my jeans pocket when I go
> >for a walk. But I can't tell an owner of an autofocus Nikon F5 system
> >to sell it and buy a IIIc instead, especially with an add-on self
> >timer and flash sync. I actually thought that part was a joke but I
> >didn't see a smiley. I really admire your love of the older gear and
> >the history behind it. And I read your book and like it. But you have
> >to admit the IIIc and Contax II is not for everybody.
>
> They aren't?  Why not?  And you should know by know that I do not  
> use "emoticons".
>
> Photography is photography.


where are the photos?

Steve





>   And miniature-format photography really can only be learned by  
> hard work with a basic camera such as a Leica IIIc or a Contax II  
> or a Retina or a Werra III or the like.  I am a contrarian, I guess.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (amr3@uwm.edu) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)
Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)
Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Getting into Leica)