Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Traveling the world, just me and my camera
From: Jack Baty <jbaty@fusionary.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:47:48 -0500
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>>>>>That man travels the world with just an M6 and a 35mm lens.<<<<<<
> [snip]
> 
> 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.

While I agree completely, I wonder if the point of the original post was 
that it's *not* about the equipment. I read it as, "He takes great 
photos with a single camera and only one lens!"

FWIW, I use an M6 and 35 and my photos are crap. Maybe it's the 
traveling the world part I'm missing!

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