Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carl Socolow wrote: <snip> >'I don't understand the tripod, John,' said the master of The Decisive >Moment. > >What I find wonderful about using my M Leicas is that they are hand >holdable down to 1/8 or 1/4. Sometimes there is camera shake. Sometimes >there isn't. But an image can be successful with either. A technical >obsession with ultra-crispness, just because the optics are capable, >does not necessarily make for a good photograph. Selah!>> Eh bien, Since no one picked up this little pearl, I will... The technical obsession with ultra-crispness, or whatever is a disease, unfortunately very prevalent among certain Leica users. Finally it's just the old story about content, (or no content). If you don't have any particular purpose beyond your own pleasure, it is easy getting lost in the techno wilderness, forgetting about what pictures and photography are all about. Strange, however, a Leica M is so simple... Oddmund