Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:57:39 -0500
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I agree 100%, George!

Tina


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:51 AM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

> As a manual shooter all my life I've never understood how aperture,
> shutter, focus, shoot can be seen as more "complicated" than punching and
> scrolling through endless menus, and choosing from: 30 focus points, or all
> of them, 4 or more different metering and/ auto focus "modes."
>
> Yes. I have used auto everything cameras. Just not with pleasure. Some may
> understand "the pleasure" that accompanies manual tasks; others may not.
> This goes for many different crafts. Kneading dough vs bread machine.
> Drawing a line with brush or pen vs mouse or iPad. Sawing a board with a
> fine Japanese blade vs a noisy motor powered blade.
>
> I believe the pleasure comes from body and mind working together in an
> intuitive, virtually thoughtless manner; which comes only with practice of
> the given craft. YMMV
>
> a note off the iPad, George
>
> On Jan 30, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh, i know how the f*ker behaves, but then i wish there is a quick +1
> stop
> > lever or something. Yes, i do put it on manual at times, but it really
> > shouldn't be that complicated :-)
>
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Tina Manley
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