Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/01
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At 07:33 PM 11/1/96 -0500, Wolfgang Sachse wrote:
>I only read the `digest' of the User Group now and I found
>it amusing, possibly even a bit ridiculous, to see the
>development of the thread related to which lenses people own
>and use with their favorite camera.
Does reading the "digest" somehow put you in a superior position?
>But isn't this a bit like asking what kind of pictures
>people take? I would think that most photographers will
>select that lens <snip>
Oh c'mon, Wolfgang. There's a bit of collector/enthusiast above and beyond
in all photographers. We all stroke our egos by rationalizing *our*
purchases. We go the extra step in rationalization by inquiring about what
others find "best" for their type of shooting. You have no "most used lens"?
Bet you a dinner that you do!
Without these kinds of threads, photography would be reduced to a
perfunctory presentation of images and the resultant judgements rendered by
the viewers. Hardly a substitute for the foregoing PLUS the seasoning
provided by the tyro's questions about equipment in their effort to achieve
similar results.
Face it man, "most used lens" is merely a subset of the "Why you shoot Leica
thread". AND, you do shoot Leica, nicht wahr?
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