Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/15

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Subject: [Leica] Another R option (now M9)
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:09:36 +0100
References: <CA1E9351.10481%mark@rabinergroup.com>

The Leica II with collapsible lens is the best for portability, but the M9 
is smaller than a DSLR. I use mine as a go everywhere camera. For hiking 
nothing digital is better.
FD

On 15 Jun, 2011, at 21:50, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> The best one is the one you have with you and Barnack made it so it was 
> much
> easier to have it with you. Till the M's came out which was much less
> compact. I've taken to carrying a side bag.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> 
> 
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>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:59 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option (now M9)
>> 
>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>>>>> 
>> Well you can  use the M6 for general commercial photography and I have.
>> But its first job it street photography.
>> <<<
>> 
>> Barnack's concept was a "take it everywhere with you" camera.  Street,
>> studio, mountains, courtroom, whatever, doesn't matter.  The best camera 
>> is
>> the one you have with you.
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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