Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You definitely can't shoot soccer with a 135...I used to do it, back in the 60s. You can get nice "art" photos, but compared to working with an autofocus EOS and a 400 or 500 mm lens, there is no comparison. Go to the library and look at Sports Illustrated from 1966, then look at the modern magazine. That tells the story. You have to be able to focus quickly, and nothing focuses faster than an eye control autofocus camera. James Mason >To become proficient with an M takes months. For it to be a part of >one's hand and mind can take years, if not decades. And that kind of >time Leica ain't got. >The point and shot camera, i.e. EOS, can take from an afternoon to a >weekend. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > >J D Perkins wrote: >> >> OK, maybe offtopic. How long does it take to learn to use the EOS >> cameras? I'll be doing more football stuff in Feb, reckon you could get >> as comfortable with an EOS as an M6 by then? >> >> john >> >> -- >> 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 - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html