Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If Erwin had commercial interest in Leica, do you really think he would be stating in his review of the 3.8/24mm that it is at least as good if not better than the much more expensive 2.8/24mm? He has certainly been critical of Leica when warranted. These insinuations about his commercial interests come up from time to time, are always unsubstantiated and are denied by Erwin. Having met him in person several times, I choose to believe him. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Feb 3, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > > I take everything Erwin writes with a grain of salt, simply because > I have never been satisfied that he does not have undeclared > commercial interests in promoting Leica. His optical knowledge is > solid, but he expresses himself poorly. I understand that he is not > a native English speaker, but if he wants to publish as an > authority, he should get his work edited for clarity. I also didn't > like the pictures he has shown and would prefer to look at better > pictures taken with less technically investigated equipment. > > I have an M8, a couple of film Leicas, some Nikon SLRs and a few > Rolleiflexes. I may add a 5x7 or system medium format camera > sometime. My professional photography is currently mostly limited > to work down a microscope, for which I have a Zeiss scanning camera > attached to our microscopes at work. For my own work, colour > photography doesn't really interest me. I understand and am > confortable with B&W film exposure, at least in terms of getting > results that I like. Since it is 'personal work' this is all that > matters. I have struggled with this with the M8 and am still > equivocal about most monochrome digital work, including most of the > very good work shown here on the LuG. I'd rather spend time > shooting film happily and making myself happy than struggling with > digital. I am comfortable with the output, the cost it incurs to > me, and I think materials will be available for my lifetime, so I'm > sticking with it. > > If Leica made an M8 with a monochrome sensor with wider dynamic > range than the M8 and highlight rendition at least as good as the > Nikon D700 I'd be interested. But I doubt they will ever make such > a camera for a few cranks. I would also work differently if I was > working for a newspaper, or taking photos of people's weddings, or > something like that. > > Marty > > Gallery: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene > > > -- > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information