Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just like human beings, a camera has to have a soul. As julian mentions, how can the constant whir of auto focus and winder on the G2 have any soul at all. I bought one and it lasted a couple of months before I blew it out on eBay. Put that Leica in your hands and its magical. While the image quality looked quite good from the G2 and its Zeiss lenses, it was no match for that "Leica look". Oh no, here goes another one of these debates about "the look". Julian Thomas wrote: > Contax has to be the > > leader among 35 mm rangefinders. Right?? > > OK, what camera am I using? I see something about to happen so I frame and > press the trigger, then I wait whilst the camera goes whirr whirr before > eventually firing the shutter then I get the photographic equivalent of the > noise of a cement mixer going around which draws the attention of everyone > within a 20 yard radius - 'hey ma, I just took a photo'. > > Julian > >