[Leica] New R Solution?

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Mark,

you give me the feeling that you measure "respect" for SLR systems by the 
quantity of a particular brand which you see bunched up at event shooting 
galleries;
instead of the quality of the, yes fewer, professional photographers who 
both respect and choose Leica 35mm reflex camera systems over their five 
decades of production.

Look up David Douglas Duncan's "Self-Portrait U.S.A." 
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/ddd/publications/selfportrait.html>
He shot the 68 conventions with both Leica SL's and Nikon Ftn's; yet credits 
the 400 mm 1:6.8 Telyt on his SL with giving him the 1968 political 
conventions "on a platter". Even at f/6.8, it was just fast enough, and just 
hand-holdable enough, to shoot at 1/125th wide-open under the TV lights.

Here he is using the kit
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/ddd/gallery/dddportraits/222.html>

And here the photographs made with that kit:
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/ddd/gallery/conventions/republican.html>
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/ddd/gallery/conventions/democratic.html>

If you click through the numerous historical portraits of DDD
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/ddd/gallery/dddportraits/index.html>
you'll see he also "respected" Leica M's, Rollei's, Graflex's, and more.

Perhaps you don't "respect" DDD's particular opinion on Leica reflex camera;
or the opinions of thousands of other professionals around the world
who've earned their livings and reputations
while shooting with Leica reflex cameras and lenses.

Yet, somehow, now, you're convinced that the Leica S2,
only months out of the gate, with its limited lens range availability,
is the greatest SLR in the world.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
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On Sep 7, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Not the R system which didn't get
> much respect.