Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy replied to: >>> > That man travels the world with just an M6 and a 35mm lens.<<<<<< Subject: [Leica] Traveling the world, just me and my camera here's Kyles response. > Yeah, sadly a lot of people think that's a recipie for good photos.... You > should say he travels the world with a camera and his brain. I doubt the M6 > has nearly as much to do with it as the plane ticket and the head on the > shoulders.<<<<<<<, Kyle, absolutely!!!!!!!! There are too many people who think all you need is a Leica, film, running shoes and a foreign country and you'll become the next HCB or Marc Riboud, and that's absolute nonsense. It has far more to do with what's between the ears than the equipment. Often we see pictures taken with a "Leica camera" and the presentation of the images make it sound like they're right out of "best pictures ever taken book." When in fact they're crap because using a Leica doesn't ensure every picture is great, nor as sure as all get out, make the photographer the "world's greatest" because the exposure was made with a Leica! Unfortunately some folks believe a Leica makes every exposure brilliant! :-( We who use them learned that lesson a long time ago as we threw roll after roll into file 13! :-) ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html