Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/08

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Subject: Re: Lightmeters and Pools
From: Oddmund Garvik <garvik@serveur.interliger.fr>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 01:39:54

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>BTW, I wonder what an AF and AE vunderplastick camera would do in this
>situation. I probably would not trust its "fire-and-forget" capabilities at
>all. This would spoil all the fun of taking photos. 

Who are talking about "vunderplastick" and "fire-and-forget"? There are a
lot of alternatives between holy M6 and cheap plastic cameras! 

I don't think this kind of caricature is a way of keeping alive the Leica
legend. On the contrary, very few photographers belive in such nonsense! We
must not forget that Leica users are an exceedingly small group. I would
never pretend that the overwhelming majority of photographers using
"vunderplastick" are "spoiling all the fun of taking photos". I would
rather think they might have more fun than all the snobbish M6 owners put
together.

I think it is wise to be humble in most circumstances, especially when
having the privilege of using a Leica camera. 

Oddmund
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Oddmund <garvik@interliger.fr>  //  St-Jean-de-Luz, France