Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Living with a D!X, picking pockets with an M
From: "Zeissler, Mitch" <mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:43:16 -0500

Same here.  Since moving into the available light M world 3 years ago,
I've been getting close candid people shots I was never able to capture
with an SLR of *any* size, due to slow SLR lenses and flash
requirements.

/Mitch

- -----Original Message-----
From: Brian McCarthy [mailto:straightline@btinternet.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:02 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Living with a D!X, picking pockets with an M


I totally agree B.D.  I have an M6 and a Nikon F5 and this mirrors my
experience exactly.

Brian McCarthy
brian@imagespace.co.uk
www.imagespace.co.uk

 B. D. Colen Wrote:

> I have to strenuously disagree with you, Peter. Based on my experience

> it is indeed possible to be unobtrusive and blend into the background 
> - and it is
> far easier to do that with a small camera, rather than a large one.
Get
> close to someone with an M with a 21, and if you have been hanging
around
> for a while, they will probably ignore you. Stick an F5 with a
> 17-35 zoom in
> their face and they CAN'T ignore you.
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