Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hello Odmund, > > > I blame the priggish and snobbish Leica owner thinking that > photography is > owning and playing with a Leica, being a member of a Leica Society, > being > "esteemed" for nothing. I blame the condescending attitudes to other > cameras and brands with less glamour than Leicas. I blame a certain > unconcern. > I do not know of any person using Leica camera's who professes to have this view on photography or Leica photography. What you blame is a non-issue. Enjoying a fine piece of workmanship or an exquisitely made instrument is no sin or a denial of the Great Photographic Tradition. It is just this: I am very well aware that photography can not be equated with owning a Leica. But on the other hand: many of the greatest pictures happened and happen to be made with Leica camera's. You are trying to flog a very dead horse. Erwin