Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let's play nicely? I believe, Sonny, that you are precisely the person who didn't play so nicely. As for what you will or won't admit, well, you're not the master and end-all of this list, are you? As for what can and can't be done with a Canon or Leica or any other camera, well, Sonny, it's the photographer, not the gear, that counts. That's a childish observation. Over and out. on 11/12/01 4:32 PM, Sonny Carter at sonc@sonc.com wrote: > George Day sez: >> It was a perfectly fair question -- we don't have to be so rigid. The >> question explicitly mentioned 'leica style photography.' Isn't that clear >> enough? Isn't it easier to proffer a few sage words or just keep one's >> peace? > > Oh, George, I have all the opinions anyone would ever want to hear. But, I do > not > have the original text here on thsi computer, so I'll take your word for it > that he > said "Leica Style Photography" in his first posting of the question. > > That said, I fail to see how any camera brand that re-invents everything about > itself > except the mount every six months, can be said to be capable of Leica-Style > photography. > > Is my Ford Taurus Wagon capable of "Uni-Mog Style" driving? I don't think > so. If > a person called me up and asked advice on a Uni-Mog, I would have to send him > elsewhere for advice. > > Yes, it was a fair question, but an inappropriate one. And as for rigidity, > one look > at my pictures, and you'll know I am not a rigid person. They've been shot > with > jupiters and Pentaxs, and some things I won't admit on this list. > > And I do offer a few words of sage advice . . . If you want to shoot Leica- > style, > then best to use a Leica-like camera. At last look, in the many recent > incarnations, > none of the EOS qualifies. > > As far as keeping one's peace? I don't think I have berated any other member > with an > all-caps retort. > > Even the guy who posted the question re-asked it, in a manner that Our Rabid > Rabiner > was pleased to respond to. > C'mon George, it's a big sandbox. Let's play nicely. > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > > > > > -- > 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