Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #272
From: "Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 16:00:33 -0000

Thomas Boehm <toboehm@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>  I wonder though, based on previous mails, how many press
photographers rely on Leica M6s for their work?

This particular member of the press corps prefers a CL!

Though, to be fair, I'm not a press photographer but a magazine
editor; however I use a camera at trade shows and the like, and the CL
is light enough and small enough to stuff into a pocket or briefcase.

I've used an M and a Leicaflex for work, but wouldn't dream of
carrying them all day and every day.

In the late 1970s, I almost lost my M2 on a working trip, and vowed
never in future to risk using a classic camera for work. I switched to
a tiny 35mm Rollei, which seemed absurdly small whenever I was working
alongside professional photographers and their "heavy metal".

Regards,

Doug Richardson