Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know...Just expressing general exasperation...So what else is new?;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:01 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons LOL. B.D., I wasn't particulary disagreeing with anyone about anything. Someone said something that reminded me of something else I vaguely remember from somewhere else. That's all. Cheers, - - Phong bdcolen wrote, seemlingly in exasperation: > Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:55 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons > > > Canon's are more Leica (and Nikon's are more Contax), no ? Not that I > am up to the current erudition of camera historia. > > - Phong > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:24 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons > > > > > > Yes, Doug - You use Leica reflexes and their feature set is ideal > > for > > your work - which is what is important. But the vast majority of the > > world's professional photographers who use reflexes do not use > > Leicas...even though many could if they choose to - they use Nikons > > and Canons. Nikons and Canon's are both "Leica like" in that they are > > inarguably high quality photographic tools that make it possible for > > photographers to produce world class images. And what is more > > important than that? In term of rangefinders, of course, it is an > > entirely different story, because there are no "Nikons" or "Canon's" > > in the rangefinder world - there are only Leicas. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > > Douglas > > Herr > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:57 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons > > > > > > Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > > > Nikons are very Leicalike. (Especially the F3) > > > > debatable... they use film and can be used to make pictures ... in > > this respect yes they are like Leicas. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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