Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Another R option (now M9)
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:39:31 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Philip Forrest wrote:

>But Leica still has much of its 1950s-1980s users to rely upon.

I scorned Leica and Leica owners as elitist fools until I used one.  After 
that I aspired to one for about ten years before I bought one.  I have faith 
that there are young people now who will follow a similar (or their own) 
path.

OTOH does it matter so much that Leica survive as long as people are making 
photographs?  There will be a broad range of technical skills and 
aspirations for quality results in every generation.  Whether by using a 
Leica or not, the aspirations for quality results will be fulfilled in one 
way or another.  It takes experience and maturity to recognize and 
appreciate exceptional quality (technical or aesthetic) so no matter what 
brand is used I suspect it will be an older demographic.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com