Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why the need to explain, or rationalize? I think most of us use them because we LIKE them, for whatever reason, the same way we LIKE certain single malts- and we'd use them, or drink our single malts whether anyone was looking or not! After hanging around here a while, and watching the eccentricities of the denizens herein, I still think that the bottom line is that we LIKE Leicas, and the results we get from them. Period. It has nothing to do with "image", "panache", or "snob appeal". How can you tell? The main worry about the Voightlander lenses give you an indication. It was not, "OOOH! what will people think when they see me using a non-Leica lens....", it was invariably, " Will I like the results?, will they meet my expectations, and will they be compromised...." All the rest is just so much mental masturbation. Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 8:17 AM Subject: [Leica] why leica? > On July 23, 1999, guy wrote: > > >>> > lugnuts (professionals or not): > > can you say, concisely, why you do use leica? what is it exactly about > these cameras that appeals to you? let's try to avoid the hyperbole of the > fanatic devotee and explain why we choose this camera over another. > > guy > <<< > > I was a sceptic when I needed a fast-handling hand-held long lens. The > only 2 lenses that met my needs were the Leica 400 f/6.8 Telyt and the > Novoflex follow-focus 400. Having used the Novoflex and finding it heavy > and bulky, the color quality of the images lacking, and the spring tension > wore my hand out far too quickly, the remaining suitable lens was the > Telyt. > > Once I started using the Telyt I was startled by the image quality. Then > the ergonomics and build quality of the lens and of the camera body I had > chosen with the 400 (Leicaflex SL) made me much more productive, and I was > hooked. Nothing else will do. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt