Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recall reading one of those early Morgan and Morgan manuals which told a tale of a Leica-totin photographer throwing himself into the wilds to find 'rare indigenous' people. It seems one tribe knew only 2 words in English and one was 'Leica'! Perhaps ever since then 'they' (as a collective term for all the 'rare indigenous' people of the world) have responded better to Leicas than any other camera! Jem > ---------- > Aesthetically and emotionally if I were photographing a rare indigenous > endangered indignant people I would not bring a Contax G2 when I had a > Leica to > shoot with. If any situation demanded the quiet dignity and quality of the > Leica > system it would seem to be that. Do indigenous peoples respond better to > point > and shoots? I think they would respond better to integrity. Mark