Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let me, for the sake of arguement, put a proposition on the table. I shoot with M and R Leicas. All I'm using for 35mm at least at the moment. My wife, like yours, doesn't do all that well with a manual camera. I got her an automatic one, an Olympus. If I put film in it for her ( she considers this romantic - go figure ) and LEAVE HER THE HELL ALONE with the grandkids she takes some really nice pictures. I'm a do it the hard way kind of guy. I learned on a 4x5 speed with sheet film, holders, dark slides, etc. The whole nine yards. I firmly believe that anyone who learns this way will be a much better photographer for it. But, not everyone (like my wife ) is going to survive being pushed into the deep end of the pool. They'll get frustrated and find something else to do. I favor automation becasue it can make photography accessable to a woder range of people, and I think that the more people we have buying film, cameras, printers, software, etc, the better it is for all photographers. What do you guys think? Barney Zeissler, Mitch wrote: > Not to beat a dead horse on the subject, but my wife has a difficult > time with manual focusing; she consistently focuses manual cameras just > in *front* of the subject she wants in the plane of focus. Even with > rangefinder bodies [IIIf or M3 with M6J finder]; makes no difference > what make or model, whether she wears contacts or glasses. > > This problem is entirely eliminated with autofocus for her. > > /Mitch Zeissler