[Leica] Re: Leica ergonomics

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)]

Real masochists use Visoflex I.
Now THOSE are ergonomics!

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Lawrence Zeitlin
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:57 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica ergonomics


On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Ted wrote:

> Instead of whining and pointing out so called deficiencies in your  
> mind most
> of us have totally ignored them for many years while in the throws  
> of making
> them work just fine from the heat of the day, the darkness of  
> night, to the
> frozen north pole! And done all that without a bloody whine! Mitts  
> on and
> all!
>
> We just got and get on with the job before us.... taking pictures.
>
> Now for the M8? Hey when I have one in hand I'll proceed shooting  
> in exactly
> the same manner as I've done for many many years. And probably  
> smile!:-)
>
> Larry sir, you on the other hand should not even consider an M8 or  
> any other
> M camera, as obviously they have so many short comings they must  
> give you a
> headache every time you put one to your eye, left or right! ;-)


All true. We Leica photographers have to put up with so much to join  
the elite. Sort of like wearing a hair shirt and complaining because  
it's not silk. Actually, I think Leica began to retrogress when they  
abandoned the classic design of the LTM series. Now there was a  
camera. Everything manual and right out in the open. No concession to  
those softies who who preferred ergonomics to in-your-face  
functionality. It was the Swiss Army Knife of photography. My old  
Leitz catalog featured 40 pages of accessories that you could add to  
your camera to modify it for any purpose. My wife never had to worry  
about what to buy me for Christmas. But rather than use my Leica  
lenses on a soon to be obsolete M8, I'm thinking of having them  
remounted so that I can use them on a real camera, my IIIf. I'll have  
a red dot tattooed on my forehead so everyone will know I'm a true  
Leica addict. ;-)

Larry Z (a left handed, left eyed photographer who now takes most of  
his pictures with a DSLR.)

_______________________________________________
Leica Users Group.
See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information