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Subject: [Leica] Why Micro-4-3rds?
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:45:47 -0500
References: <C7ED54FD.6158A%mark@rabinergroup.com> <A63257FB-A9E5-4106-9791-A52498DB74FD@comcast.net>

And just as folks bought and carried the Leica CL, despite its place of 
manufacture. And people bought and carried the Rollei 35.

Jeffery


On Apr 16, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:

> At the risk of continuing a discussion that might be better carried out 
> over a beer the next time I'm in NY... :-)  
> 
> The M6 *was* a serious camera.  
> 
> I stand proud carrying my micro-4/3rds camera just as the early carriers 
> of Leica IIIs stood proud against the press photogs with their Speed 
> Graphics and Press 25 bulbs in the 1940s.   :-) 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Dick
> 
> P.S. I just realized that the world desperately needs an emoticon for 
> "tongue stuck firmly in cheek." 
> 
> On Apr 15, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>>> Micro-4/3rds cameras are certainly serious cameras, it's just a question 
>>> of
>>> what your needs or desires are.  If I were a professional and needed to
>>> satisfy editors who demanded full-frame quality, I'd have full-frame 
>>> camera,
>>> too.  
>>> 
>>> Regards, 
>>> 
>>> Dick
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> A Leica M6 is a serous camera. Most of Magnum was using them.
>> A micro 4/3's I bet some of them have in the bottom of their camera bags.
>> So they can shoot each other when they get drunk in bars.
>> A micro 4/3 should not be motioned in the same breath as the Leica M 
>> system.
>> Or pro DSLRS.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [Rabs]
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Why Micro-4-3rds?)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Why Micro-4-3rds?)