Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]once upon a time Bmceowen@aol.com wrote: > After carrying two motored Nikons and 5-6 lenses + flash, meter, film and > spare batteries for the past 20 years my Leica kit is a featherweight . . . Bob, Two weeks ago I was in Chattanooga working on a photo assignment and went to supper with two photographer friends who work for the local paper there. We worked together back when I interned at the now closed Times back in '86. Anyway we were eating with the paper's photo intern and she mentioned that she needed to get a bigger camera bag. In unison all three of us said "NO you don't!!" After 14 years of carrying too heavy camera bags around we all want light loads for the sake of our backs and necks. One reason I love my M6. Even with the Noctilux the M6 with 3 lenses is lighter by far than my EOS gear. One of them asked me why I used the Leica stuff and I said, "'Cause it is light." He understood what I meant. He wants a kit himself but since he is now AME of Graphics and Photos he does not shoot enough to justify it. - -- Harrison McClary http://www.mcclary.net