Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Professional Use of the M9
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:05:07 -0500
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On Jun 14, 2012, at 1:39 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> As you know I go every year to the Hong Kong Rugby 7's.
> When I started going in 1994 there were a few film Leicas in evidence, 
> used by some older photographers.
> Then both film Leicas and their owners disappeared. This year for the 
> first time in a decade or more I saw a couple
> of professional photographers shooting with long zooms (of course) but 
> also carrying and using M9's
> for wide angle shots.
> 
> Here's a grab shot of one one of them - taken with the Panasonic GH2.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Rugby+7s+2012/Leica7_sw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cbyyqha
> 
> So, in their usual niche way, Leica is finding some users who are 
> professional. Not many but a few.
> Just to add to the discussion.

Yep!
That's (except they were Nikon F's and M3's and 2's) how we rolled from 1965 
through the 70's.

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







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