Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23

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Subject: RE: [Leica] The M6 Fugue
From: Dave Richards <dprichards@uswest.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:18:42 -0700

With all due respect, this is like saying that an automatic weapon makes a
shooter a better marksman, because he (she) now has a 30-round magazine
with which to hit a target once, instead of doing it right with one round.

>Some guys in this group are hopeless laggards. There is
>NOTHING about intellegently designed AE metering that impairs the creativity
>of the photographer. In fact, an argument can be made that it's liberating
>and actually enhances the photographer's creativity. Those of us who use a
>modern SLR in addition to our Leica M cameras know that. My M4-p and M3 are
>fine for black and white but I would appreciate having an AE M-camera for my
>slide film body. That way I could concentrate on the photo and not so much
>on
>the exposure.
>
>Bob (tries to stay current to within at least a couple of decades) McEowen