Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Juggling Lenses
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 13:17:36 -0700

Mike Quinn wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> At first I thought you were being silly (sorry for the lack of faith).
> It doesn't matter what lens I have mounted until I raise the camera to my
> eye. ><snip>
> How about this. Put your favorite lens on one body. Keep the body cap on a
> second body. Then leave both bodies in your bag and visualize the frame
> before you pick one. Gives you the best of both worlds.
> 
> Mike Quinn

> Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >
> 
> > Roger Beamon wrote:
> >><snip>
> >>
> >> Fine for R photography, which for me is more contemplative. The
> >> M, though, in a street situation, needs a lens on and ready.
> >> Roger
> > I was talking M though and you are right. Having a lens on the camera makes
> you
><snip> But give it a shot! It
> > makes your eyes work differently. No Bull.
> > Mark Rabiner

I'm hoping on having my Leica M become a multibody experience in September. So
Ill have my second body for the Chicago thing. I'm going to back it a classic
again and a black one this time. Some day perhaps each lens will have it's own
dedicated body a concept that Tom has hinted at.
The only way to fly.
Mark Rabiner