Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave Myers wrote: >(By the way, regarding the M7 thread, for me the M6 represents a >certain purity of technique and composition. One doesn't need more >gadgetry to make good photographs. I think of Andre Kertesz, who's images are among >the most elegant and moving I've ever seen. He worked with box cameras and early >Leicas... amazing.) Hear hear. I was looking through "A World History of Photography" and was amazed at the results some photographers using wet plate cameras with stone-age optics were able to produce way back in the 19th century. The experience of using an M6 instead of an AF SLR has made me realize several things. First, that there are a tremendous number of extraneous features on cameras these days which are never utilized by the photographer except as fodder for bragging rights. And second, that making good photographs is much more about mastering the equipment you have, rather than pining away for a new lens or body or blaming the perceived inadequacies of what you have now for your results.