Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] mirror reflections
From: "Po-Wen Shaw" <po-wen@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:05:11 -0500
 
>>   I'm not sure
>> what it is, and I questioned other people about it previously, but I
>> really like the Leica range finder + B&W combo.  Maybe it just seems
>> like since the camera is retro, my film should be, too.  :)

B&W pictures are all about light, not color -- IMHO the essence of the word
"photography", which literally means "writing with light" (ok, I suppose
light isn't all black and white...). Everytime I switch from B&W to color, I
have to remind myself to readjust my visual "priorities".

[Po-Wen]