Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, I'm with you. No, you have not fallen for the hype, and you have not wasted your money. You have purchased a superb photographic instrument. I still have one of the two Leica IIIf's I shot with in grad school. A junkie on West 75th Street in New York has the other. The one still in my posession works fine. I've owned different cameras over the years, but every time I go through my portfolio I am always amazed to be reminded that a very high per cent of my best shots were made with a Leica RF. Sure, like everything else it takes a little getting used to. But, if you go out and buy one of these new fancy electronic cameras ( whihc have their place, IMHO ) which is as much computer as camera it would take lots of practice and film to get the hang of it. That's just part of getting new era. The camera i would use if my life depended on nailing an image would be my M6. Give yours a chance. It's a great camera. Barney Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > Simon- > > I just recently bought a M6TTL. It was my first rangefinder and it took > me > a good while to get used to it. The day bought it I had my first > experience > with patchflare and seriously question if I had just fallen for the hype > and thrown $2000 bucks out the window. My first batch of slides were all > over the map. But the more I use it, the more I fall in love with it. > Now the > camera will have to be pryed out of my cold dead hands. > > cheers, > > feli > > Simon ALIBERT wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Firstly, my English is 'basic', I'll try my best ;) > > I've got a Konica Hexar AF, and a (good;-) friend give me his M6 for couple > > of days... I was totally happy with it, quite, reliable, nice viewfinder, > > etc etc... BUT, I was so slow to take a picture, at least compare to my > > Konica. Since I'm going to buy a M6 with a 35 Summicron ASPH, I hope I'll be > > ok with the controls quickly, what do you think about it ? > > Does anyone remember his first 'contact' with a 'M' ? > > > > Also (I'm already scared about it;-) can someone see some of my pictures, > > some are made with a M6 'classic' with a non ASPH 35 Summicron ;-) I just > > need some comments from Leicaphiles, since I'm a young beginner ;-) > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=116305 > > > > Thanks in advance, hope some of you understand my English ! > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > "It's truly one of those shows where you just keep expecting Allen Funt > to come bursting out from behind some 2-way mirror and explain that > you've been on candid camera for 3 years." > -Ethan Ormsby on the status of production, 1999 > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor * DIGITAL DOMAIN > feli@d2.com * Ext. 3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html