Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]what happened to the GRD? That camera seems to call to me most (I have owned and used Contax T, T3 and Ricoh GR1v) Eric On 7/22/08, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Like George, I too must have a camera on me at all times, and like he, I > have gone through a series of P&S for those situations where carrying even > a > Leica M was too much. Canon G6, Ricoh GR1 in my film days and GRD later, > and > so on. In most cases, my experience was like George's. Now the Oly E420 > with > the 25mm pancake plays that role in my outfit, and it has the added useful > function of serving as a backup to my E3. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Jul 19, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > > > > I'm never without a camera. > > I would rather carry it without ever using it; than to "see" a photograph > and not be able to capture it; which i find the most frustrating of > experiences. > > For a number of years I tried various point and shoot cameras in my > pocket. > > Then I'd look at the negatives under a loupe or the digital files on the > computer and end up thinking, "you may as well as never made that > exposure." > The quality just wasn't there. > > The one exception - the Olympus XA - sweetest pocket camera ever made. > > A close second was the Contax T - but it had some shutter reliability > issues. > > After all were tried and found lacking - the Leica M remains the > > smallest, > reliable, precision tool to carry and which is, with proper technique, also > capable of extraordinary image quality (for me - YMMV). > > > > I have no doubt that I'd fall in love with a IIIF - simply an affair I > choose not pursue. > > > > Fond regards, > > George > > > > george@imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > > > > > > > The two pastimes that always stay with me no matter the situation or > location are birding and photography. You can do the former without > binoculars, but you've got to have the camera to take photos. Seeing a shot > is just not as satisfying without a photo to share. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >