[Leica] Leica Century

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Alastair,


Count both myself and Chris in. ?I guess I can let her use one of my Leicas. 
?;-)


gene? -------------- Original message from Craig Semetko 
<csemetko@gmail.com>: --------------


> Wow is right! Well done, Alastair, on putting your thoughts down and  
> thinking things through.
> 
> Count me in for the project.
> 
> While I totally understand your concerns over getting enough pictures,  
> IMHO, I would think we should use all Leica equipment for a project  
> called Leica Century. Ironically, we had that requirement, I think,  
> for FOM2, which didn't bear the Leica name in the title, so I think if  
> we're now commemorating 100 years of Leica we ought to use Leica.
> 
> And to me, the camera, or "box" DOES matter. I understand the concept  
> that a good photographer can take a good picture with any camera, but  
> virtually ALL of my best photographs have been taken with a Leica M.  
> It simply feels right. I have tried to use SLR's and they are great  
> tools for certain jobs but they don't feel right to me. I prefer  
> street photography and I have not been able to accomplish what I want  
> in that arena with any other camera than a Leica M.
> 
> So while I understand when people say the camera doesn't matter I  
> strongly but respectfully disagree. That may be perfectly true for  
> them, but for me, the red dot means much more than a status symbol.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Craig
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> On Jan 4, 2009, at 8:48 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 08:46:50 -0600
> > From: "Fred Holzapfel" 
> > Subject: [Leica] Leica Century: initial proposal from Alastair: LONG!!
> > To: 
> > Message-ID: <000001c96e7b$47093bb0$d51bb310$@net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Wow, Alastair, count me in.  After reading your LONG post twice I  
> > find this
> > an inspiring and exciting challenge to us all to improve our day to  
> > day
> > photography.  I look forward to submitting to this effort.  Well  
> > written.
> > Thank you for heading up this effort.  It's almost like getting a late
> > Christmas present.   What a good way to make it a "Happy New Year".
> >
> >
> >
> > Fred Holzapfel
> 
> 
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