Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 22:46:59 -0600
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On Jan 10, 2014, at 10:34 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:

> Never an M user.  Did not fit my style.  I started out mainly taking 
> scientific photos/macro.  First learned about M later and always was 
> curious, but never held or tried one until a few years ago.  Held one for 
> maybe 2 minutes in a camera store when someone next to me was taking 
> possession of his new M9 and unboxing it in the store.  Then again 
> yesterday.

Thanks.

Thought that may be the case
as you described your discomfort with the tool.

After using Ms for 50 years
'tis the most comfortable camera in my hands.

As is the R8/DMR

As were the Nikon Fs (nearly all of them)
Hasselblad xPan
Hasselblad 500s
Rollei and Mamiya TLRs
Mamiya Press and Universal
Linhof Techs 4x5 and 5x7
Deardorfs
Toyo, Linhof and Cambo Monorails
all wonderfully comfortable tools.

I've gotten used to Canon
after 10D, 20D and now 5D
Though it's not nearly as comfortable
or intuitive as the Leica Ms and Rs

Never could warm up to the Nikon Ns
They were in and out within a year.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist



In reply to: Message from j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz) ([Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook)
Message from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook)
Message from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] Using Leicas - and discussing the Yearbook)