Re: [Leica] Leica Users digest V21 #65

[Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>]

>Hi, Guy - Why is it that I suspect you know exactly what I'm saying?
>It has nothing to do with pro/amature, competency or lack of. It has to
>do with the fact that modern Leica lenses - and I'm not suggesting that
>this isn't also the case with the top lenses produced by some other
>manufacturers - are technically capable of a good deal more than most of
>us will ever get out of them under normal field, developing, and
>printing conditions. That doesn't mean that the photos produced with
>them aren't great photos - after all, everyone knows that owning a Leica
>turns one into HCB, Salgado, etc. take your pick. It just means that
>whether we're shooting the grandchildren on Halloween, or Rwandan
>refugees in a rain storm, we won't get what someone like Erwin will get
>while photographing a test chart on a bench.
>B. D.


B.D.

I mistook what you meant by "the best out of their Leica lenses,"
understanding it to mean "photographic images of high optical quality," and
not outstanding lens test results. My apologies for the diatribe. The
elitist "you're not as good as your camera" issue had come up once before,
and I guess I got a little trigger happy.

Guy




>> > While the Zuiko
>> >glass may not be up to the standards of some folks here, I would argue
>> >that there are very few folks here or anywhere who are good enough to
>> >get the best out of their Leica lenses when working under real life
>> >conditions anyway.
>> >B. D.
>>
>> This notion has come up before here on the LUG, and I've got to admit I'm
>> puzzled by it as it implies that certain people are not good enough to be
>> using their own equipment. What exactly does that mean? They lack technical
>> competency? Aesthetic competency? Both? And according to criteria
>> established by whom? Professional photographers? Manufacturers? Experts
>> here on the LUG?
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