Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> can you say, concisely, why you do use leica? what is it exactly about > these cameras that appeals to you? let's try to avoid the hyperbole of the > fanatic devotee and explain why we choose this camera over another. (M comments only) The feel of the camera. Its simplicity. The directness of contact I feel when I look through a viewfinder that doesn't abstract my vision with a groundglass. The quality of the lenses. The sense that I'm using the best and that any deficiencies in the image are my fault. The realization I get when I look at a screwed-up shot - that the camera didn't do *anything* to cover for my lack of attention or skill, and that if I want to get better, I have to pay more attention to my photography, not just learn another operating mode on the camera. And a bit of a sense of history - if all those people made all those world-changing photographs with this machine, it behooves me to learn how to use it properly! Paul Chefurka