Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to the photo editor of LIFE at the time, Peter Howe, the late 80s was a time of revival for the Leica M camera. A lot of young people were discovering it, and black and white, as a way to distinguish their work from the masses. And some pretty wonderful stuff was being produced. Unfortunately, that era is probably ending. Not only because of AF and digital, but a lack of places to put their images! I have no idea how long it will be before the premature predictions of the Leica M's death will come to pass, but no matter how long it is, it will be too soon. On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 07:41 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > How the M is marketed has nothing to do with the reasons pros buy it > and use > it. Those pros I met use the M as their primary money camera, when a > quality > image is the bottom line. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence. - Will Rogers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html