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Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5
From: Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:32:12 +0100
References: <20000514214305.14030.qmail@web1102.mail.yahoo.com>

Michael

I presume you do not attend press awards or, if you do, it is in heavy
disguise with body armour.  I personally know many pros whose
intelligence is beyond criticism.

Simon

Michael Scarpitti wrote:

>
>
> --- AWSteg <upstream1@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > There is a place in this world for each of these
> > tools.  To argue about it
> > is absurd!  Would you argue about only using a hand
> > saw made with German
> > steel Vs a Dewalt power saw with an American Blade
> > saying that "you are
> > power saw."   Please!  The M6 is a great camera and
> > the glass is great.  The
> > Contax G2 is a great camera with great glass and
> > autofocus and motor drive
> > and bracking. . .but, there are batteries involved
> > and that can present a
> > problem sometimes.  The F5 or F100 are great cameras
> > and I think the glass
> > is not quite as sharp, but faced with a photographic
> > problem or job that was
> > better solved with an F5, I would choose the F5.
> > Under the right set of
> > circumstances the F5 would produce a better product.
> >  If the M6 was the
> > correct tool, then the M6 would be the tool of
> > choice, same with the G2. .
> > ..or for that matter a digital camera.  This Arian
> > glass mindset gets tedious
> > and unrealistic in my book.
> >
> It's Aryan, by the way, and I'm Italian. I wasn't
> talking about M's either. I use SL2's, the best 35mm
> reflex ever made. What I argued in my previous post
> still stands. Find a group with a lower IQ (or lower
> self-esteem) than professional photographers and I'll
> eat my hat. I've worked with them. I know.
>
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In reply to: Message from Michael Scarpitti <mikescarpitti@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5)