Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Tina said what?!
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Dec 18 11:46:53 2006
References: <C1AC5958.19C1A%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

Is that because you kill when you shoot with a DSLR?
;-)
Philippe



Op 18-dec-06, om 20:42 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven:

> Odd - I shoot children; I shoot people in public places; I shoot  
> weddings in
> hushed churches; and I have never had anyone react any differently  
> to my
> using a DSLR than they used to react to my using my M6s - with the  
> exception
> of the occasional old fart who would approach me and ask, "is that  
> a Leica?"
> ;-)
>
>
> On 12/18/06 2:05 PM, "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Aside from its ability to use M-mount lenses, I have yet to see a
>>> functional advantage to the M8 over the EOS 5D.  The disadvantages
>>> are glaringly obvious to me.
>>
>> My big Canon SLR with the 85/1.2 lens on it scares children. With  
>> a longer
>> lens than the 85 on it (such as the 28-70 zoom) it makes them cry;  
>> they think
>> it is a weapon.
>>
>> My M6 does not. They find it cute and non-threatening.
>>
>> For me, that is in and of itself an adequate reason to use an M.
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Tina said what?!)