Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Alan. On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 9:24 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>wrote: > > >>On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:11 AM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at > >>leica-users.org > > > >>wrote: > > >> Nice image, but difficult to spot any Leica content at all. > > ................................................................................................ > > > >Ha! Neither butterfly seemed to carrying a camera. > > >However, before I owned 2 Leica R cameras, 5 M film cameras, 2 digital > >ones, and a IIIf, I lived on Beethoven Strasse in Wetzlar, and I could see > >the Leitz factory from my bedroom. My Wetzlar house is just around the > >Corner from the new Leica facility. > > >So the Leica content is in the image from the experience that went into > >making it. > > >I do have several Leica lenses with FE converters on them, btw. > > >SonC > ============================================================ > ====================================================== > THANK YOU, Sonny, for this response. > > I loved and used my Leicas for 40 years; more of my 110 photo awards were > taken with Leicas than any other camera, and I think that counts for > something, even if my circumstances preclude me from using them now. I > have no darkroom and digital Leicas are out of my price league, especially > since I don't get out to photograph as much as I used to (my wife has > medical problems and I'm her caregiver). My pictures may not be technically > equal to those made with Leica equipment, but I think creatively I still > apply my experience with M's and LTM's to produce good work. > > -- > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA