[Leica] Re:RF / SLR

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

This crackpot's trying to figure out a Mardi Gras trip to get his out of 
date M6's down to Lafitte's Feb 20th.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" 
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: RF / SLR


> While I like the MP over the M6, I'm not sure that these latter-day
> modifications are enough to sell more rangefinder cameras. The M7 did fill 
> a
> niche, but the MP was, to me, their last hurrah in rangefinders...sort of a
> "here's the best RF we have ever made...please use it to remember us". I
> don't see any more film rangefinders coming out of the Leica camp.
> 
> What killed the rangefinder in the first place? The convenience of
> autofocus. And when I chat with other members of the New Orleans Photo
> Alliance, the 35mm users invariably use digital SLRs. Chris Williams, 
> Dennis
> Couvillion, and I are all known as the crackpots with Leicas. I walked into
> Dennis Couvillion's gallery opening last Saturday night and got a "what the
> hell is that" when they saw a 50/1.2 Hexanon mounted on an M5. As John
> suggested, the pros down here don't use 35mm much any more. If they want to
> shoot with something portable, it's a Canon SLR or a Nikon SLR with a big
> fat zoom on it. Everything else is pretty much medium or large format.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA