[Leica] Leica x1

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

The XA was a lot of fun for a year and a half.
Cut amazing negatives.
Almost always wished I had my two lens M kit along.
Sold it
Returned to M6.

The Contax T was a lot of fun for two years.
Cut amazing negatives.
Almost always wished I had my two lens M kit along.
Sold it
Returned to M6.

Doesn't mean the little ones aren't great cameras.
Just not tools that ever felt right
for very long
for me.

Stopped wishing for the magic little camera;
'cause for me the M IS the perfect little camera.

The M's have felt absolutely right
in my hands and at my eye;
from day one, back in 1964
and do still today.

Just as the
Nikon F did
Leica R8 (with or without DMR) does
Rollei TLR did
Hasselblad CM does
Linhof Tech IV does
Cambo Ultima does
Deardorf 8x10 does
in their respective form factors.

Just tools in the hands.
What ever feels right
IS right.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:14 PM, rsphoto's email wrote:

> What Mark Said:
>
> I must confess my all-time favorite camera was my Contax RX with a  
> 50 1.4 which seldom came off the camera,
>
> and
>
> Tied for first with my Contax T2 38mm f2.8 which was part of the  
> camera and took some of my most favorite images.  It was either in  
> my brief case, my jacket pocket or my hand on any given day.
>
> So maybe the X1 could be the new T2.
>
> And the M9 the new G9 - assuming I come into a little Lotto money.
>
> My point is that with that fixed focal length 2.8 lens, I grabbed a  
> lot of nice shots, most of which enlarged to 11x14 no problemo.
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> At 05:59 PM 9/11/2009, you wrote:
>>> Me thinks your M's have been too long in the closet.
>>>
>>> ;~)
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>
>> The X1 looks interesting but I'm afraid it would be totally
>> frustrating for me.  With a fixed 28/2.8 lens, I would always need a
>> 35/1.4 or a 24/2.8 or, usually, a 50/1.0.  I'd end up with a lot of
>> "boy, I could have gotten a great shot if I'd had a different lens!"
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>
>
> My experience with using the many camrea I've used whose lenses  
> don't come
> off is I never want them to come off.
>
> How many tens of thousands of photo jobs were done with a photographer
> heading out the door with just a Rolleiflex in their hands. Or a Speed
> Graphic?
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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