RE: [Leica] 'this is how the photo business works....

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Hey, Steve, I have to say I miss the point between making use of
technological advances and dumbness. Many of the world's outstanding
photographers are making wonderful, compelling images - in black and white
and color - without using mechanical cameras of any type. Some times
batteries die. And we replace them. Other times simple things like rewind
cranks on Leica Ms get bent - and we are fooked until we can send the camera
to a repair station.

You makes your choices and you takes your chances.

But dumb? Not likely.

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve
LeHuray
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:45 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] 'this is how the photo business works....


> I believe what he said - and I may be wrong - is that he had enough juice
> for the meter, not enough to use the electronic shutter in any mode. And
he
> has since confirmed that he had a choice of the two mechanical speeds -
> 1/60th and 1/125th.
>
> Don't get me wrong, as a user of Nikon F100s I am hardly anti-battery
> powered cameras. Just pointing out that don't think that if you're using
an
> M7 and the batteries fail everything is hunky dory because you have two
> mechanical speeds. If you need a shutter speed lower than 1/60th, or
higher
> than a 1/125th, you might as well be wearing a brick around your neck,
> because the M7 without batteries will be no more useful than the brick,
and
> costs a whole lot more.;-)
>
> B. D.


...seems like there is no free lunch with MORE technology. The more we have
the dumber we become.

sl
>
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