Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal wrote: > > >Some additional questionsto help focus on the issue: does a picture made > >with a Hexar RF count as a Leica picture. And a picture taken with a Hexar > >and a Leica lens on it, or taken with a Leica M and a Konica lens or a > >Voigtlander lens attached to the M? Are these questions just semantic > >juggling or is there some value added to a picture when taken with a Leica > >camera and lens, both R and M. > > Hi Erwin, > > with all due respect, I believe this is stretching it a bit too far... > > apart from any optical difference (if at all visible under given > circumstances), it's the pleasure of using high-quality precision tools > (and the Leica "feel") that's important for most Leica users I'd bet. > ;-) > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE That and familarity. I have been using the damn things since the fifties and it is a pleasure to pick up a camera I no longer have to think about how to use. THe fact that they are so well made and have such generally fine optics is a wounderful achievemebt but I love my Leicas because I know them and they fit me and my photography well. John Shick