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Subject: [Leica] Do you remember why you joined the LUG? George
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:09:29 -0400
References: <5B4B1101-FE02-43ED-866E-776EBF1D23D2@icloud.com> <C811921F-DE4C-459E-B95D-1D5CF4AA89CA@sfr.fr> <4CE49A02-974A-4EE1-9E14-09EAA4131687@icloud.com> <B047F7F4-4B7D-4249-88B3-88C173AFD0F8@sfr.fr> <785C7163-7E25-4D64-92E1-ECCF7905BF80@icloud.com>

All of this talk about the gear is immaterial is not true for me.  I can
tell a difference in the photos I've made with Leicas and the few times
I've strayed to Canon or Fuji.  There is no comparison.  With the Canon vs
Leica it is not only size and presence but quality.  With the Fuji vs Leica
it's simplicity vs unnecessary complications.

It may be just me but gear does definitely make a difference - for me!

Tina

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:54 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 15, 2014, at 2:18 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
>
> > I've owned and used R3MOT, R4 (mot), R8 and have used M3s.
> > I still have a couple of disused lenses and an R4 body on some shelves
> ...
>
> ah yes? I now remember you mentioning the R3MOT.
> because those were the ones that never felt good in my hands;
> even as I loved the glass on them.
>
> Perhaps because they replaced my stolen Nikon Ftns;
> which felt as totally right in my hands;
> as the Leica Ms did.
>
> > My only regret is this R9D that they failed to release ...
>
> a sort of half truth?
> as I certainly enjoy my R8/DMR
> and always enjoy seeing other's DMR photography
>
> > But I'm still interested in (good) photography :-)
>
> Absolutely! totally agree
>
> > The gear is immaterial ;-)
>
> sort of agree? immaterial to viewers of the results;
> though potentially very material to the crafts person using the tool.
>
> When tools feel so very correct in the hand;
> at the eye; to accomplish a given task;
> I really can't say "immaterial" or "don't matter"
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
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