[Leica] Leica R lenses on Canon Digital Bodies

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

It strikes me, Gary, that if the quality differences were as striking 
as some on this list believe, then virtually every professional 
photographer worth calling professional would have been shooting with 
Leica - and would still be doing all his or her film shooting with 
Leica. And that simply was not, and is not now the case.

If there are real quality differences to see, they will be seen in 
the darkroom, or through a loupe on a lightbox - but that's not how 
people view photos in the real work. While there are many reasons for 
wanting to shoot with Leica equipment - including the quality of most 
of the modern M lenses - I'm struck that I've never heard anyone say, 
"Boy, that Jim Nachtwey sure has a great eye - too bad he doesn't 
shoot with Leicas."  ;-)

B. D.




>When I was a darkroom printer and before I was a Leica owner, I consistently
>saw differences in negative quality from the professionals at KameraBIld -
>fine photographers all. My research proved that the negatives with that
>wonderful "sparkle" all came from Leicas. There was a definite difference.
>Within a couple of months, I had my own Leica.
>Gary Todoroff
>
>P.S. let's critique ideas or photos, B.D., not the fine members on this
>list.
>
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>B. D. Colen
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>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R lenses on Canon Digital Bodies
>
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>Sorry to hurt your feelings, Mark - When I was shooting film, I did
>so with a combination of Leica glass and Nikon glass - I have used
>both on and off for more than 40 years. And, no, I don't think you'd
>be able to tell the difference between my Leica images and my Nikon
>images - I know that I can't, with the exception of those shot with
>the Leica 21 ASPH for the M and those shot with wide Nikons, which do
>not begin to measure up.
>
>And, btw, I don't claim to be master printer, so I don't know what my
>saying that the black and white prints produced by an HP printer
>compare to custom RC prints has to do with a discussion of the work
>of Sabastio Salgado; I'd step in front of an oncoming bus before I'd
>deign to compare my prints, or any of my photography, to Salgados. ;-)
>
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