Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue Jun 14 20:30:55 2005

on 6/14/05 3:56 PM, Gib Robinson at robinson@sfsu.edu wrote:

> Nice post Doug. Enjoyable discussion.
> 
> About the ways in which equipment matters I'd add that for me, it's more
> than sharp lenses, reliability, etc. It's very much how a camera feels & 
> how
> I feel using it. Leicas tend to keep me awake and interested in
> photographing. They help keep me "focused" on the job at hand and bring me
> pleasure using them. In some ways, by their own high aesthetic value Leicas
> stimulate me to make better images.
> 
> --Gib
>

Yup Gib I agree, that matters too; certainly not as much as the 'eye' and
the concept but it all makes a difference to a greater or lesser degree.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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