Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica technology, creative control
From: Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:08:59 +0200

On Thursday, July 02, 1998 8:54 PM, Charles Dunlap 
[SMTP:cdunlap@emerald.ucsc.edu] wrote:
> ...<CUT>....
> The problem was that in the heat of
> the moment the automation added an extra layer of complexity when I 
wanted
> to be in full control. I finally ended up switching to all manual modes,
> but the temptation to use auto was always there. I didn't really get down
> to the business of learning how to use a camera until I got an M6. It's a
> far better camera for manual control than the Nikon was with the auto 
modes
> shut off. It was what I needed.

That is more or less my trajectory as well. Size and weight were higher on 
my agenda though. I would enjoy a (slightly) automated M6 (aperture 
priority with easy exposure lock a la Contax) with a much faster sync 
speed(1/250s), and TTL flash management. Not a blasphematory wish list, I 
think.

The points I was trying to make were more related to the way Leica does not 
respond to real world market requirements and the risks that this race for 
the smaller niches  may carry for the future of that company. I sincerely 
do not believe that blind acceptance of anything Leica does is the most 
constructive contribution Leicaphiles can bring to their object of 
devotion. Or that the systematic rejection of any novelty designed outside 
of Solms carries the badly needed germs of innovation...

Friendly regards,
Alan,
Brussels-Belgium