Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Backup Camera
From: Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:22:24 -0800
References: <ac.f9368c4.279347c3@aol.com>

with the LUG pride of Leicas, it's easy to forget that ANY pic of your subject is
better than NO pic.  that idea has kept Kodak in business for over 100 years.

if you want to take that picture, ANY camera loaded with film is better than that
$5000 Leica and lens WITH NO FILM.

ANY camera in your hand and ready to take pics is better than that $25,000 Leica
outfit back home in your closet.

Try going for fun with a backup camera,  use the cheapest disposable camera you
can find.  you may well be surprised by the challenge.  with a disposable camera,
it's a lot easier to see the line separating camera and photog.

By far my best photography teacher in college was John Silengo.  Most of the
students spent a small fortune on the latest Nikon and Canon gear, a few had
Leicas.  One of John's most interesting class assignments was having the class
shoot away as a group,  while he clicked away with a Kodak Pony (a cheap meterless
fixed lens 35mm).   His shots were not always the sharpest, but his shot were
always the best.  Maybe it's not the camera, what a possibility.

Stephen Gandy

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