Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:50 20/12/97 +0100, you wrote: >If it's that argument: I use my Leica IIIa with the Summitar. >It's under my jacket, left arm (because left eye dominance), >lens collapsed. Light/ exposure is estimated by experience >(slides: 80 to 90% correct). If I don't need to react rather >quick, and the situation is anticipated as not dangerous, >I use the SWC (also under jacket, left side). It isn't an argument. Possibly I didn't express myself well. I'm not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking- I don't need to. I'm explaining my own priorities and the reasons *I* have for sometimes taking a Minilux or similar camera instead of a manual camera. I find the speed of operation of a Minilux is not comparable with a screw Leica, however nice such a camera is in other ways. I find a camera such as the Minilux works very well for *me* in some situations. It's an individual thing. If someone doesn't like that sort of camera, I'm certainly not trying to persuade them to! It would be none of my concern; people should use the equipment they like. As I said- it isn't an argument; it's an explanation of the appeal that these cameras have for *some* people, myself included. Incidentally, I got a wonderful slide back today taken after dark in central London, when my friends vehicle in which I was travelling was caught in traffic for just a couple of seconds. I got a shot of multicoloured street illuminations reflected off the front window of a coach. I'm really pleased with that shot. One of the most striking pictures I got this year. I wouldn't have got that shot if I'd been using my M6, which I had with me also. I got that shot with a handheld Minilux, on Kodak ET 320 pushed one stop. Works for me. Joe Berenbaum