Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:40:17 +0530
References: <7AA55188-A28E-4100-B605-529C154BF896@charter.net> <CA2798F3.10A2B%mark@rabinergroup.com>

The bank guy will also have to fund an operation on your eyes to be able to
focus the damn things wide open! (-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> To me it seems like the M system or rangefinder shooting is most ideal for
> streets or photojournalism but also works out fine for plenty of commercial
> work.
> I think plenty of people who are very comfortable with ground glass
> shooting
> learn to do without it to enjoy the wonders of cutting edge Leica glass
> which is a hop step and a jump above Canon Nikon.  And also they come to
> see
> the advantages rangefinder  viewfinder shooting.
> I think if you are flexible enough like you are to use a twin lens
> Rolleiflex in this day and age instead of a Hasselblad SLR then Leica m use
> should not be that much of a stretch.
> I think the glass is worth it. And sometimes one needs to pay a visit to
> ones bank guy.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
> > From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:33:27 -0700
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff
> >
> > I don't know about using an M9 commercially! From what I've seen of the
> posted
> > images, a Canon P/S would of done just as well. It will take me winning a
> > lottery, and my wife being distracted, before I get a Leica digital
> anything
> > at the moment.
> > S.d.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] New Leica M Stuff)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] New Leica M Stuff)