Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle- How right you are- the photographer is the controlling factor! A friend of mine gave his 13 year old daughter a N*K*N outfit when he moved to the R8 outfit... she has so far been published with a cover photo on the state wildlife magazine, and sold more stuff at shows than her old man!! I told Paul that he should take back the Nikon stuff, and give his daughter Gabbie, the Leica, and just retire!!! I will be proud to say one day, when she realizes her dream of being a National Geo Photog, to say that I knew- "Way back when..." ! :o) Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:04 PM Subject: [Leica] mediocre photographers into good photographers... > b.d. said: > > >Using a Leica will make a > >mediocre photographer a mediocre photographer with sharp images. > > actually, my experience has been that it will make a mediocre photographer > a mediocre photographer with very out of focus and improperly exposed > images. if you can't do it right with your wiz-bang 900 making the hard > decisions, you sure can't do it right if you have to turn all the knobs > yourself and line up the two little squares in the middle to boot.... the > leica's the graduation present from photography school, not the entry > level.... > > (just like the tilly hat should only be worn by seasoned veterans who have > exhausted the possibilities of other hats: the tri-corner, the sombrero, > the stetson, the golf visor.....) > > kc > >