Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #172
From: "Paul T. Collura" <pcollura@epix.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 09:44:02 -0400

Francesco,

You have aptly summarized what all LUGers love about the M system.  It
is about photography at its most fundamental and creative level with the
world's best optics.  Great post. Grazie tanto!

Paul T. Collura

> I accept that the M6 is quite primitive in design, and I am
> learning to live with it and LOVE it for the images it produces.
> In fact, I have learned MORE about the mechanics and technical
> aspects of photography in the short time I have been using Leica
> that I would have learned by now if I had still been using the F5.
> A camera like that lets one get lazy and photography becomes
> robotic.  Sure, the camera will never decide composition for us,
> but I feel so much more satisfaction when I see a good photo I
> 
> made with the M6 because I know I had to think and analyze the
> situation MYSELF to create that image.
> 
> Francesco