Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The big advantage to the rangefinders is no mirror slapping up, making noise and shaking the camera. The little "snik" that you get with a rangefinder is not noticeable in most situations if you time it right and I can hand-hold a rangefinder at much slower speeds than an SLR. To each his own, though! Tina On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com > wrote: > Tina, > > I shot natural light work like that too, using Olympus OM system gear. > Three OM-4T bodies and a big collection of lenses. They worked > magnificently, were small and very light, and very reliable. I have two > Leica M6 bodies now, which I also love, but the Leica bodies are BIGGER > than the OM-4T, although the RF lenses are smaller than equivilent SLR > lenses. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 12/2/12 7:50 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > >Thanks, Jon. You hit it exactly right. I can sit in a corner with my > >Leica rangefinders, using natural light, and be forgotten in a few hours. > > I can't imagine carrying huge, honking SLRs over many miles of mountains > >and through rivers and in canoes for days. My knees would have worn out > >in > >10 years instead of 20! > > > >Leicas have been the perfect cameras for my work. > > > >Tina > > > >On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> > wrote: > > > >> Tina's choice of Leica seems natural and insightful taking her marvelous > >> body of work into account. I can hardly imagine her, with the subjects > >>I'm > >> now familiar with, being there toting about a Whammoflex. > >> -- > >> > >Tina Manley, ASMP > >www.tinamanley.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com