Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] Minimalist Photography
From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:40:50 -0400

On April 14, Jim Laurel wrote:

>Metering is actually simpler than with my auto cameras because
>there's no second-guessing the meter.  You just meter what you want and
>shoot.  Gee, what a concept... ;-)  Trading the Contax G2 kit for the
Leicas
>was one of the best decisions ever.

>Never thought that such a bone simple camera would be such a pleasure to=

>use!

I'm an "R" kind of photographer, rather than "M" but this is my experienc=
e
exactly.  My camera of choice is the closest thing there is among SLRs to=

the M6: the Leicaflex SL.  It's all manual, just a spot meter, with a gre=
at
viewfinder.

- -Doug