Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica vs. Contax wars
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:52:43 -0000

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