Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I take better pictures with a Leica rangefinder than with an SLR because as i dont own one, I can only imagin and in my imagination all pictures are better. - ----- Original Message ----- From: <dante@umich.edu> To: "Leica Users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:20 PM Subject: [Leica] Perhaps a new (on)topic, or the conceit > Start a paragraph with > > "I take better pictures with a Leica rangefinder than with an SLR because... > > > > > > > I am most interested in hearing this from people who learned photography on > SLRs, not so much people for whom RFs are easier because that was the only > thing available in 35mm when they started. > > While I have no doubt about the superiority of an RF for wide-angles, I have > serious doubts that an RF is a more functional setup when using lenses that > are not retrofocus on SLRs - like stuff 50mm and up. I don't think that the > optical quality or the composition control gives any edge to RF systems. > > That's not to say I don't have 3 telephotos for rangefinders. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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