Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Leica love fest... from Luminous Landscape!
From: bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C)
Date: Tue Jul 26 13:17:51 2005
References: <l03130308bf0c2bc9452d@[129.89.124.186]> <l03130308bf0c2bc9452d@[129.89.124.186]>

I wonder....if Leica can pull it off and produce an M-digital, that handles
very much like the film-Ms, will you still hear about people "using their
M6 for personal work"?

-dan c.

At 12:53 PM 26-07-05 -0700, feli wrote:
>I've noticed an interesting pattern in stories I have read and heard,  
>regarding shooters switching
>to digital. They will talk about the various advantages of digital,  
>or how the changing nature of the business
>has forced to switch etc. Then they will tell you about the resulting  
>sale of their film gear and more often than
>not you they will say something like: "I sold my Hassy and Nikon, but  
>kept the M6 and 35 Cron for my personal work"
>
>
>Here another one:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/796cx
>
>
>Feli
>
>
>
>On Jul 26, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
>
>> I think Pete Myers is expressing what I feel too.  Leica  
>> rangefinders seem
>> to be the most symbiotic cameras for many of us; they represent the  
>> most
>> minimal instrument between us and our pictures. My hands and eye  
>> and psyche
>> are most satisfied by the feel of an M.
>>
>> What I read in the text is that the end-all for him is high-quality  
>> with
>> simplicity, portability, and pleasure of use.  View cameras are  
>> simpler in
>> concept, but come with encumbrances needed for their use; i.e.  
>> tripod, dark
>> cloth, separate holders...
>>
>> You can like the pictures or not like them, but I don't think one  
>> should
>> tell another what the proper tool is for their art.  I got some my  
>> most
>> interesting images of ice motorcycle racing with a 4x5 RB Auto  
>> Graflex and
>> Verito diffused focus lens.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> Alan Magayne-Roshak
>> Senior Photographer
>> Visual Imaging
>> Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee
>> Information & Media Technologies
>> amr3@uwm.edu
>> (414) 229-6525
>>
>
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Leica love fest... from Luminous Landscape!)