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Subject: Re: [Leica] KISS (was: Leica of watches)
From: "Jean-Michel Tomaschett" <jx@bluewin.ch>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:25:35 +0200
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBOEBNCGAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

Good citazion from Antoine. You may conclude that nothing (nobody) is
perfect, but some things (somebody) are (is) more perfect than others.

Jean-Michel


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] KISS (was: Leica of watches)


> Perfection is reached not when one has nothing more to
> add, but when one has nothing more to leave out.
>
> St Exupery, "Le Petit Prince"
>
> - Phong
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug Herr
> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 2:31 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] KISS (was: Leica of watches)
> >
> >
> > on 7/19/03 9:33 AM, Martin Howard at mvhoward@mac.com wrote:
> >
> > > Jean-Michel Tomaschett wrote:
> > >
> > >> Have a look at:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/customhouse/111/Dufour.htm
> > >
> > > On this site, we can read the following quotation from the designer
and
> > > maker of the watch 'Simplicity': "In the watchmaking craft, it is
> > > easier to make something more complicated than it needs to be."
> > >
> > > This is true of a great many things.  Jokingly referred to as creeping
> > > featurism, I find it one of the most annoying aspects of modern
product
> > > design.  It's largely why I don't own a digital camera.  And it's why
I
> > > love using Leica rangefinders.
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
> >
> > Martin I believe you've elucidated the entire reason the M and this list
> > exist.  Rangefinders are not appropriate for many of the types of
subjects
> > I've chosen but as my personal Quest I searched for the simplest,
> > least-buttoned-and-switched SLR that would give me the results I
> > wanted.  I
> > found the SL many years ago and, having strayed occasionally toward both
> > simpler and feature-creeped cameras, I've concluded the SL
> > (especially with
> > 400mm f/6.8 Telyt) is where I want to be.
> >
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >
> >
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