Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/10

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M6/Tri-X vs. Ricoh GR-D and Leica D-Lux 3
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun Jun 10 19:33:07 2007
References: <97DE284E-E575-4D86-A90D-0812E2542B05@mac.com> <466CAE32.4060101@san.rr.com>

On Jun 10, 2007, at 10:06 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Mitch,
>
> Accepting grain or any other aberation as to being desired; is a  
> perversion.

No, it's one of the many compromises necessary to bother to record  
images. They usually fall short of our vision, but sharing our vision  
is always compromised, be it photographs or poetry.

>
> I may be different fromyou guys but I prefer the quality of a 4x5  
> negative.


No different maybe. The 4X5 enlargement does require that you accept  
compromises from 11X14 contact prints.

Ric


>
> Jerry


In reply to: Message from mitcha at mac.com (mitcha@mac.com) ([Leica] Leica M6/Tri-X vs. Ricoh GR-D and Leica D-Lux 3)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Leica M6/Tri-X vs. Ricoh GR-D and Leica D-Lux 3)