[Leica] Leica M still has it

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

What you are really saying, is who needs Leica the company now: we have 
our cameras, all we need is service and parts for the old ones ;-)

On 27/02/2005, at 12:55 PM, David Rodgers wrote:

> I took a Leica M to a party last night. First time I'd used one in a 
> while. The lighting wasn't great. I wanted to use my 50/1.4 with fast 
> film. The battery was dead in my M6 so I settled on my M3 and a Luna 
> Pro F.
>
> I'd forgotton what it was like to be able to photograph people with 
> their hardly noticing. Even standing in a small group taking part in 
> the conversation, I could photograph incognito, as long as I wasn't 
> shooting while talking. Had I used a DSLR people would have been on 
> their guard and no way could I have taken the shots I did. I expected 
> the usual camerashyness but it was totally absent. To the point of 
> being surreal.
>
> No wonder rangefinders have been so popular for so many years. 
> Amazing, too, that my 50-year old M3 worked like a charm, even though 
> I hadn't touched it in 4 years.
>
> DaveR
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Alastair