Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 19 May 1996, Eric Welch wrote: > As for Chrome, I prefer the chrome finish because it keeps its look longer > than the black finish, and I think they look good. In addition, they look > less "professional" than all black, which seems to me to be an advantage > when trying to be inobtrusive. Looks like a point and shoot to most people. > David Allen Harvey had one advantage using Leica Ms in Peru, when the > shining path guerrillas were still doing their thing, because they didn't > like journalists. Having a touristy looking camera probably saved him a lot > of grief. Very interesting. I have watched Harvey's work for a few years in National Geopraphic and often admired it. I heard recently that he often goes into the field with no more <g> than to M-6s, three lenses and a whole pile of Kodachrome 200. Do you know if that is true? If so, then that kind of purism really seems to pay off for him! Gary Toop