RE: [Leica] Rangefinder or SLR?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Right as usual, Ted....:-)

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:59 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Rangefinder or SLR?
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> B.D. wrote:
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> >I wonder if the day will ever come when, even on this list, 
> people will come
> >to admit that some cameras are terrific for some things, and 
> some cameras
> >are terrific for others?>>>>>>
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> Hi BD,
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> You know BD that is one of the simple facts of Leica, it 
> doesn't matter how
> good a photographer one is with M or R, to me they're merely 
> tools of the
> trade. I use the proper tool for the appropriate assignment, 
> sure there are
> times where I'm firing away with both, simply because they drive nails
> differently.
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> And for some of the folks who can't over come the idea that 
> both cameras
> are equal for the right moment or type of photgraphy is rediculous.
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> When I have to be squeaky quiet I wouldn't entertain the 
> thought of an R8
> for the blink of an eye, it would be M all the way. And yes 
> I'd expect I
> would have to give up the odd frame because I didn't have a 
> longer lens to
> reach for good tight images. But you learn to live with that, 
> accept it and
> make something else work.
> 
> By the same token, I've had M type cameras with me at 
> international sports
> events where they rarely if ever leave the case from Opening 
> to Closing
> ceremonies, sure you can use them for happy snaps, but that's 
> about it.
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> Sports  assignments are SLR country 99.9% of the time, yep 
> there's the odd
> occasion when an M is fine, but it's really only the tiny .09%.
> 
> So guys give up the SLR -- M grudge feelings, they don't wash if your
> working the profession and know which tools to use with which picture
> project.
> 
> I you put it in this kind of context: a photographer with an 
> R8 and a bunch
> of lenses can out shoot any photographer working only M's. 
> Period!  There
> isn't any argument .....Unless!!  You present the silent 
> factor...then the
> M wins hands down. Period. No argument!   How much more 
> simpler can that be?
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> Ted Grant
> This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
> http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
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