Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mike'n'Marc'n'Zeiss
From: Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:57:29 -0800

>When I am in the same situation, my G2 is slung around my neck and I am
>walking and snapping away. Nobody knows I am taking their picture because
>my camera is still at waist level. This gives me tons of spontaneous
>expressions never achievable compared with if I have to bring my camera to
>eye level. So I don't have to focus, don't have to adjust exposure, but
>just keep that G2 horizontal and just snap away. For street photographic
>nirvana, this cannot be beaten. Then there's those CZ lens quality.....

>Dan K.

Except that you won't know what the machine focused on and exposed for until you
develop the film. You can do the same with a preset M, and be more sure about
the results, once you master the M. Now we are talking nirvana...

Just my two cents.

Jiri