Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: Wow hand held 20x24's with a 180/ tell me about your physical regiment, steady as a rock. But then I had a friend who did children's portraits hand held at an 1/8 sec. with a twin lens rollie and we did 11x14's very sharp till we told he she couldn't do that and she never did again. Shame on me. cheers Wilber. The secret to the R-7 and the 8 is to not be afraid of the camera because of its price. It's like buying hand tools made by Fein ( of Germany ) they're in the same class as the Leica cameras but they are made to be used. Doug Herr wrote: > >>> > Why is this... when I had one, an R4s I used it like a throw away camera > but never had to throw it away (until I traded it). It was treated like > junk and180/2.8 and 28/2.8 was all I used for a while and I blow these pics > up 20x24 and they are crisp and right on, no tripods 100-200asa - quick > shooting, baboons chasing me... The R7 and 'better' lenses - I don't get > the shots as much. I've been perplexed about this. > <<< > > It's because you had no qualms about risking damage and/or total > destruction. The more you pamper your camera the fewer pictures you make! > Leicas are not meant to be pampered! > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt