Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs, Well it was raining last Sunday and I was watching the PGA golf matches and started wondering about the statements that seem to be that more M photographers take B&W pictures and that R photographers seem to take more color photos.. I also was the opinion the Leica Fotografie International printed a lot more R photos than M photos. Having nothing better to do, while watching the golf match, I, more or less - accuracy not quaranteed, counted the porfolio pictures printed in LFI from the March 1990 issue to date. I didn't count the photos printed in news stories, nor in "how to do it" or equipment articles. If you haven't gone to sleep on me, here are the figures: Total photos: 1,765. Photos not attributed to either M or R: 135-B&W 134-Color. Leaving: 1,496 photos. R photos: 792 641 color 151 B&W M photos:704 217 color 487 B&W Total color: 858 - 57% Total B&W: 638 - 43% Color: 75% R 25% M B&W : 24% R 76% M Conclusions: I was wrong and the number of M & R photos were quite close. This was a bit of a surprise. But - Why do people take more B&W with the M cameras - and more color with the R cameras??? (Or is it a myth and LFI just prints in these ratios???) The golf match was over before I could investigate the extent to which LFI prints pictures in issues subsequent to the accouncement of new products, which are taken with these products. Oh well, there is always another golf match. Don't say I didn't warn you - totally meaningless information. Richard Hemingway Norman, OK