Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good enough excuse.. ;-) Alex Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Well, just the other day I had a chance to use my IIIa as a > rangefinder. I needed to measure a number of set distances for a > shoot. My laser rangefinder and my metal tape measure broke within 10 > minutes of one another. Since I carry my IIIa for my personal BW > shooting, it became my measuring instrument for that day. I didn't > take any shots with it that time. Does that count? > > Slobodan Dimitrov > http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ > > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Alex wrote: > >> Yet I'm new here, but I know there are at least several well >> established and widely respected professional photographer on LUG >> (Ted, Tina and others that I hope to meet eventially), I wonder who >> out of all of you still use Leica (or RF in general) as their >> primary tool and for what kind of assignments ? >> I see in your posts a DSLR is often the tool even for a documentary >> assignments (the area where presumably Leica have ruled in 35mm >> format if I'm not wrong), does that mean the digital appeal (no >> sarcasm here - just a practical considerations and market demand) >> overweighted the intimacy of quete and reliable RF experience ? >> No any "digital vs. analog" dispute to raise up, but just trying to >> get the picture of actual professional photo experience in light of >> nowadays situations. >> >> Thanks, Alex >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >