[Leica] Leica M-A

Richard Man richard at richardmanphoto.com
Thu Nov 27 13:51:26 PST 2014


Don't tell me about film is retro, I just have 5 boxes of 4x5 from B&H came
in yesterday. Should be enough for the weekend... may be...

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Dan Khong <dankhong at gmail.com> wrote:

> LUGgers
>
> As I reflect on why on earth would Leica bring out a completely analog
> beast when everybody else is like on the digital bandwagon.
>
> The reason is because everybody is on the other bandwagon, and Leica likes
> to think out of the box and act differently and that is why there is a cult
> following.
>
> The M cameras are minimalistic so that one can concentrate on picture
> taking rather than being swamped by all the bells and whistles. Now not
> having a meter makes it fully elementary. Using an external meter or
> guessing the exposure actually stimulate your grey cells.
>
> Film is retro. There is an increasing interest in retro. I started playing
> old vinyls again and just love their analogue music.
>
> Things do come round one full circle.
>
> Dan K.
>
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