Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/15
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Bernard wrote:
>
> To all those who got the impression that I said the M-Leica is a point
> and shoot, let me try to clear that one up. I don't think it is a point
> and shoot. However, the advantages often ascribed to the M as just the
> advantages ascribed to point and shoot cameras. What I meant to say is
> that if the Leica is light, then a p/s is lighter, and if the Leica is
> small, then a p/s is smaller, and if the Leica is unobtrusive, then the
> p/s is even more so. But I didn't say that the Leica *is* a point and
> shoot, and I made clear I'm aware of the grand optics, which of course
> no point and shoot has.
>
One thing that makes the Leica infinitely more unobtrusive than a P&S is
the ability to shoot without a flash due to the availability of fast lenses
(anyone have a cheap Noctilux for sale?).
Jonathan Borden