Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28

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Subject: [Leica] suzy q?
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:25:36 +0100
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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

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