Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>A while back there was, in fact, a column at the Digital Journalist >website arguing that the Leica M and the Canon EOS were the ideal >photojournalist combo - the M for use with wide angles and use in >situations where near silence is required, the EOS for use with >longer lenses, flash, and for getting in really close - where the >Leica lenses won't focus. > B. D. Sorry to jump into this discussion a bit late. The Magnum 9/11 book quotes Susan Meiselas, "I grabbed two cameras, a Leica and a Canon, one 28-105mm lens, and a few rolls of film--too few, as it turned out." Showing my age, in Vietnam during the war, the popular combination for photographing was a Leica M2 with a 35 and Nikon F with a 105mm. John - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html