Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]luggers, in the grand lug tradition of the out-of-context quoting of provocative statements about photography, i offer the following, which was not penned by s sontag: when i shoot with my rangefinders, there is simply something dinky about the shutter sound. some might call the sound 'discreet,' which enables them to shoot candids. i call it dissatisfying. with a rangefinder camera, the decisive moment is not accompanied by a 'thunk.' it's accompanied by a sound that is equivalent to the sound of nail clippers cutting cuticles. it is something like closing a car door on an import from eastern europe. just insubstantial. [snip] listen to (feel!) the sound of a pentax 67 shutter opening and closing. ahhh. now that's a camera! the author of the above passage is r.a. freeman, a nationally pubished photographer somewhat less known than s sontag. guy