Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- >From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> >Subject: [Leica] m3's m6's 28mm lenses: bob kramer becomes a smart ass > >bob kramer got a little cheeky and took me to task for owning so many >leicas: No, no, no, Kyle. You have it all wrong! Two Leica bodies is not even close to having to many Leicas. In fact, I would argue that a serious shooter like yourself would need at *least* two bodies for easy access to various film types, lenses, etc., as well as for the various camera features (or camera disadvantages, depending on how you prefer to look at it). Okay, so you didn't want to take your M6 into a bad neighborhood. That's a valid enough reason to use the beater with an aux. finder. But just becuase you haven't taken the time to learn how to effectively *use* the beater/finder combo doesn't make it (the camera model in general, or that camera in particular) a piece of junk -- that's the point I am trying to get across. Sorry if my cheekiness (I really like that term) irritated you. Gosh... even labeling me a smart ass in the subject line. Not that it isn't true to some degree or another <vbg>. But Kyle -- and you *know* I have much admiration for you and your photographic talent -- I'm sorry, when you call a camera model junk after an afternoon's use with an accessory whose use isn't immediately intuitive to you, I'm afraid I am going to have to call BS on that. Hell, even one of those fancy featured-out-the-wazoo Nikon or Canon autoexposure, autofocus, matrix/spot/program metering, fast as lightning flash synch cameras probably takes more than an afternoon to become comfortable with. I'm not saying that you *ought* to give the M3 and finder more of a fair trial. If you don't like it, don't use it, I say. Just realize that it is your own personal preference based on how you want to shoot and the results you want to get, not something intrinsically wrong with the gear. Bob Kramer Atlanta, GA