Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is true, but although I do put the M on a tripod (see images of Antelope canyon etc recently), I often think why am I using the M on a tripod, not the blad or Rollei with its bigger negative. Time usually. Cheers On Thursday, Jul 17, 2003, at 04:11 Australia/Melbourne, bdcolen wrote: > Adam brilliantly opined... > --- > I think most of use seldom use more than what digital gives us. Do you > put your M on a tripod to shoot or only shoot at 1/1000th? If you don't > are you REALLY getting the full benefit of that Leica glass? I don't > think we do, I think we slip into the domain of digital imaging simply > by hand holding and shooting at slower shutter speeds, so we never > capture what we might otherwise achieve. > > Adam > -- > > Allow me to be blunt, and a wee bit rude - I rarely, if ever - see > images posted here - and I of course include my own in this comment - > that could not easily have been created with virtually any other brand > of interchangeable lens camera. For that matter, most of the iconic > which have, over the decades, been shot with Leicas could just as > easily > be shot with any other brand of camera. As Adam notes, it is the rare > photographer indeed who uses the equipment/film/processing/printing > combination necessary to eek out that Leica extra. > > That doesn't mean that people should toss their Leicas and grab > digitals > - obviously there is more to the camera/photographer combination than > image resolving power. There are many things about Ms which may > contribute to the production of great images. > > But Adam is smack on target when he says that most Leica produced > images > could easily be duplicated with good digital equipment because most > Leica produced images do not begin to require the most out of Leica > equipment. > > B. D. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html