[Leica] Re: it DOESN'T work well for leica!

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

At 07:16 PM 6/12/00 -0700, Joe Codispoti wrote:
>
>My point is that when Jim Brick writes that the 75/1.4 is the "very essence
>of Leica", I am sure that someone rushes out to buy one hoping that it will
>lift his or her photography out of mediocrity without considering that in
>photography, as in other of life's endeavors, it ain't what you got that
>counts, it's what you DO with what you have that will determine the outcome.
>
>Joseph Codispoti

This is absolutely the truth. A good hit rate for the 75/1.4 would be one
"Leica essence" photograph out of ten rolls. Maybe even twenty rolls. It
certainly is NOT just the lens. It is the subject, what's in focus. what's
out of focus, what is light, what is dark, composition, mood, and a dozen
other things that, for the most part, are a result of just plain luck. Lots
of practice helps as well.

If you want a lens that is "capable" of producing the "Leica look", well...
the 75/1.4 is that lens. The execution and production, however, is up to
you, the user.

Jim