Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Perhaps a new (on)topic, or the conceit
From: "Paul Jones" <nrg666@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:27:38 +1000
References: <B7F28D61.8B98%dante@umich.edu>

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.


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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
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> While I have no doubt about the superiority of an RF for wide-angles, I
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> That's not to say I don't have 3 telephotos for rangefinders.
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