Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: Snip > there use Leica amongst other camera systems. And it seems to be growing a > bit. > > I know of several photojournalists at newspapers. One I just learned about > is the assistant chief photographer of the Houston Chronicle. Some very > nice work, too. I think I know the gentleman (but whose name is in records at studio). We both covered the Republican Convention here in SD and compared notes after. He used Leica R and was in charge of several other staffers from the paper who used Canon. He edited all the film and said he could see the differences in the negs and found the same differences I did--Leicas don't much flare, even with all the pinpoint lightsources staring down into the lens. His major complaint with Leica was that it had stranded 17 years worth of Nikons that he could not bear to part with, but could no longer bear to use. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com