RE: [Leica] stealing

[Tom Finnegan <tomf@piengr.com>]

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> I just recently read the book "on being a photographer" by David Hurn and
> Bill Jay (highly recommended by the way)

But you're telling us we should listen to a guy who traded in his M6 for a
Rebel!? Not the highest plug in ones resume! The lag time on my Mom's Rebel 
is
around half a minute! Enougth time to blink twice and put in Visine!
I take my glasses off or put them on top of my head!
Mark Rabiner
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I must admit I was a bit shocked to read that as well. Perhaps that is why 
they slip that info in towards the back of the book. Who would take a Rebel 
user seriously, even if he has been a member of Magnum since 1967?

"...for most of my photographic career I used Leicas, for their reliability 
and quality of optics, but most importantly because of their very quiet 
shutters. I also like the direct viewfinders of rangefinder-type cameras. I 
feel as though I am looking directly at the subject, not an image on a 
ground-glass screen as is the case with the single-lens reflex. 
Unfortunately, as I grew older and needed glasses I could not see the 
complete frame inside the Leica's viewfinder so I swithched to slrs. In 
fact I use the cheapest, amateur model in the Canon line for one reason 
only: it is the quietest in operation. I certainly do not need all the 
bells and whistles even on this camera."

For his current large project documenting the people, culture and landscape 
of Wales, he is also using a Rolleiflex (portraits) and a 4x5 (landscape).

Tom Finnegan
Seattle

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