Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M camera NOW R camera ?
From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:36:56 -0700 (PDT)

Randy Jensen <randy@jamzcheer.com> wrote:

> Have you seen the camera ad with Andre Agassi?  The one that 
> says something to the effect of "You may see a champion 
> regaining his dominance - we see 35 of our lenses dominating 
> the competition".  I see about 50 people getting the same 
> damn shot.  I'd be there with my R8 BEHIND him, camera cocked 
> at a 45 degree angle getting his bald head with a bunch of 
> lenses aimed at him.

hehehe... what's the point of all those added features if they allow you to make the same pictures as everyone else?

> The camera doesn't make the picture, but the feel of it and 
> the operation of it can definitely affect your performance 
> with it.  That's the easiest way for me to explain the 
> dramatic difference in pictures I shoot with my medium
> format cameras and my Leica R's.

Exactly!  This is what makes the R system work for me.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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