Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Peter's request for a car camera . . .
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Tue Sep 27 04:19:21 2005
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WELL OF COURSE: take the Leica and hope you get an image good enough to 
get into FOM2 again this year ;-) I think I will run a Rollei 
competition next time ;-)


On 27/09/2005, at 9:09 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> Well of course.
>
> All the cameras I have are good enough to use all the time. I just
> don't do it. Leica's are pretty good for all-around stuff, but the
> rangefinders are better left at home for fast moving sports (or
> anything fast moving for that matter). Same goes for the Kiev I have.
>
> If I were absolutely forced to get rid of everything except for one
> body, I doubt that the one body would be an M.
>
> That doesn't rule out any of them being used as a car camera though.
> In my case it's an "African camera". I'd prefer to replace a Kiev 4A
> and Jupiter-12 than I would a Leica M and a 35mm Summicron. I doubt
> that anyone would be able to tell the difference between the shots (I
> have a Summicron from the 70'ies). As it is, I doubt that my Kievs
> will be back from Oleg who is cleaning them up before it's time to go
> again (end of next week). I haven't decided if it will be a Leica, a
> Nikon F3 or simply go light with a Rolleicord. (My main duties are not
> to take pictures there and I'll only be there for a week). I took
> digital the last time.
>
> Daniel
>
> On 9/27/05, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
>> Hate to say it, but I agree.
>>
>> On 27/09/2005, at 1:40 PM, Norm Aubin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If the camera isn't good enough to use all the time, it's not good
>>> enough to
>>> use . . . .
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] RE: Peter's request for a car camera . . .)
In reply to: Message from puff11 at comcast.net (Norm Aubin) ([Leica] RE: Peter's request for a car camera . . .)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] RE: Peter's request for a car camera . . .)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] RE: Peter's request for a car camera . . .)