Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html