Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] In praise of de-automation .. the O series
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 09:07:50 -0400

on 6/6/01 6:49 AM, Jeff Williams at jeffwill_nz@yahoo.fr wrote:

> Leica were not wrong when they said it slows the
> photographic process down. It did actually take me
> about 20 minutes to load the first film but I managed
> the second one in about three minutes!
> I enjoy having to think about what I am taking and
> manaully adjust everything.

not to be argumentative, but if you're going to slow yourself down why not
use a bigger format? A 4x5 is real slow. Or what about one of those 20x24
polaroid beasts?

Yeah don't tell me they don't have the 'leica' glow.
- -- 
John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com