Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 20-01-1998 16:53 Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil wrote: > > Bob, > > We often find this kind of talk among LUG members, but although I own > and use both a manual Nikon SLR and a Leica rangefinder camera, I yet > fail to understand some of the distinctions you make. The differences > to me are that the Leica, because smaller, is less conspicuous, more > convenient (i.e., pocketable), and lighter in weight, and it's also > quieter. But how with an M camera "you are directly confronting your > subject" any more than with a Nikon, or "are part of the camera" any > more than with a manual SLR, or why you have "DOF...calculated in your > head...[and]...have prefocussed for all intents and purposes" any more > than with a non-autofocus SLR, and so why you should be "ahead of the > shot" any more than with a Nikon, all of these supposed distinctions of > "technique" (and/or "style") elude my understanding entirely. > > Art Peterson > > Art, I am completely with you on the last one. Let's just call it part of the so-called "Leica mystique"... :-) Pascal