Re: [Leica] the 90% rule-long, rambling BS from Walt

["Dragi Anevski" <dragia@hotmail.com>]

I would say that all these things make the Leica the "better" camera. If you 
cannot say that a camera is better because is has say sharper lenses (which 
Leica arguably has) and you can't say it's because you get better results 
with it (for whatever reason), then what IS the proper criterion for 
determining which camera is better? Of course this means better for you... 
Doesn't necessarily mean better for me.

BUT, if enough people get "better" results with one brand than with 
another...And we could of course do some statistics and see for instance 
what say some high class photo group such as Magnums photographers use, but 
that's not allowed either, so ... ;-)

Dragi Anevski


>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] the 90% rule-long, rambling BS from Walt
>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 11:13:55 -0500
>
>
>
>George Weir wrote:
> >
> > Ok Walt I'll bite, and no flame intended;
> >
> > If there is no difference in results as you say then why would it be
> > that clients, photographers and non-photographers can correctly identify
> > the "better photos" when shown a set taken under same circumstances,
> > using same film, developer, paper etc.?
>
>Perhaps they see a difference because you take better photos with your
>Leica equipment than you do with Nikon equipment. You may be more
>comfortable with the Leica equipment. You may 'see' better with the
>Leica equipment. You may tend to use the Leica equipment to take the
>more impressive shots. You feel more confident as a photographer using
>the Leica equipment. You may use the Leica equipment to take shots which
>- because of the noise - you wouldn't take with the Nikon equipment, and
>folks really like those shots.
>
>There are any number of reasons why your Leica shots might be "better"
>than the Nikon shots, and not one of those reasons has anything to do
>with the equipment being inherently better.
>
>B. D.
>
>Who loves both his Leica and Nikon equipment, each for different
>reasons.
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