Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:09 PM 2/23/98 -0500, you wrote: >There is a Taoist saying to the effect that "Those who know do not >speak; those who speak do not know." If you are part of the cognoscenti And Catherine Denuve said "If you want to get someone's attention, whisper." Sheesh. This thread is way overblown. A tiny red dot on the front of the camera is not a big distraction. It's how a photographer reacts. I'm sorry questions about equipment unnerved you when you worked as a photojournalist. But it's how Nikon got so big in the pro arena. People seeing what pros used. I get those questions all the time, as well as lots of other questions. The think we have great jobs, and they're right. Chrome cameras are not distractions. They look less professional to most people, which can actually help. Only pros skulk around with black cameras it seems. And to denigrate the looks of an M6 because it has a red dot, well, all I can say with all the wacky looking picture taking machines out there nowadays, the red dot seems a bit old fashioned to me. Heck, just yesterday someone said to me as I shot with my M6 in a new restaurant in town, "Why does a pro like you shoot with a point-and-shoot?" I took my 35 Summilux ASPH off the camera, held up that tiny piece of metal and glass and told them what it cost. Were they ever surprised. (It was a friend). ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch You're only young once; you can be immature f'ever