Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/15

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Blue Angels
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue Jul 15 20:52:21 2008

Quoting "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>:

> ...snip...
> The trip really brought home the variety of functionality in camera 
>equipment today. 

> ...snip..

> The DSLR was fun, too. I couldn't have made the same shots using a 
> rangefinder or P&S. OTOH, using it wasn't much of an adventure. The 
> photos are impersonal. It's like catching fish from a pond that you know 
> has been stocked, and you don't even need to leave your car.   

> Finally there's the paradox of the film Leica M. It's the most difficult 
> camera to use. 
...........................................................................................................
I find an M to be easier to use (or should I say very much less frustrating)
than a DSLR with all the menus, buttons, and the mind of it's own.  Not to 
mention the size difference. With a Leica, set shutter, set aperture, focus, 
and expose.  I like to tell the camera what to do. There is no camera I like 
using more than my M3.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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