Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans Pahlen wrote: >Today the postman delivered Leica Fotografie "Special Issue M6". It was >worth waiting for! Of special interest are articles about M-philosophy >(Sonke Peters), Picture Composition (Hendrik Hoesel), Detailed descriptions >of all the current lenses, and "Magnificent mystique" (celebrities using= >Leica by Rolf Fricke). >To be completely honest, most of the contents are no news for the averag= e >LUG-member, but this issue sums up the M-story to the present day in a very >nice way! I received mine in French and English. I don't know for the English version (everybody knows that my English is poor) but the French translation is terrible, it's a shame. I think that the translator never used a camera or a lens in his entire life. (The reason I've ordered both version is that I expect this to happen - that = I will need the English to understand the French !!) Regarding the content, I am really disappointed ! +85 % was already published in various Leica Fotografie or Leica Folder before. (and in the M 40th anniversary issue, who was much better) A lot of the pictures are the same and some are badly scanned . (specially those of cameras) It is mostly a compilation. It is usefull for new M users (English) but f= or us ?! Is it so difficult to have interview of 10 or 15 Leica M's users = (pro, who where never interviewed before), repairers, R&D people from Lei= ca etc.. = and to come with something totally new ?? And to make new pictures of the Leica collection and collector cameras ? And I am sorry, but asking Sonke Peters his impression as a user is a jok= e. He is the product manager of the Leica M. Why not asking him his impression about the future of the M camera = instead of the past? He is the guy who know (I hope) what will happen to our beloved M. A missed opportunity ! = My disappointment is equal to my passion for the Leica M and Leica books.= =2E. :-/ Lucien BELGIUM N.B. In Leica Fotografie 5 & 6 there is a good article about apherical lenses. =2E