[Leica] compliments to Lluis and side comments on Leica store Washington M9, and Fuji X-Pro2

[lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)]

Thank you very much Rod, I really appreciate your kind words. Enjoy 
photography and keep shooting!
Lluis


> El 1 febr 2017, a les 10:31, Rod Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Lluis:I enjoyed looking through your collection of subway photographs.
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Subway/20131008_L1035917BN.jpg.html)
> Needless to say, you make excellent, fascinating photos.As I stepped 
> through images, I was struck by the trends in what people do as they spend 
> time on trains. I speculated about the differences in cultural experience 
> over that 100+ years that metros have been used. Perhaps the most striking 
> is the rampant changes due to technology.Frankly I wonder about the 
> disconnect between people in daily lives now that so many are looking at 
> the phones in their hands, and listening to the sound piped into their 
> ears. I don?t ride trains too often (since I don?t live in a metro area). 
> Over the past 4 months though I have spent a good bit of time on trains in 
> New York city and Washington, DC. I am not one to look at a phone and 
> listen to whatever as I travel. I enjoy looking at others, making eye 
> contact, and engaging in conversation (though not so much on trains). 
> These days, I don?t get too much eye contact. Some of that could be due to 
> my age (62) but I suspect most of it has to do with the phones. I think of 
> this as a loss of personal interaction. And I think it is a loss to the 
> human experience. I do wonder what impact this will have in society.It 
> will be an interesting to see what sociologist and historian will one day 
> say about this.So, Lluis, thank you, for helping me think of this.As a 
> side note, I had a good experience in the Leica store in DC. The people 
> there allowed me to borrow a ?user? M9 (some variation). The staff was 
> quite helpful and willing to accommodate me. By way of the camera - I was 
> impressed. It felt quite comfortable (easy transition from an M6TTL). 
> Interestingly, my first comment was the thickness of the body as compared 
> to the film camera (attention all who are considering an M10).So, with the 
> news of the M10, I am thinking and counting pennies. On the other hand 
> about 8 months ago I jumped on the Fuji X-Pro2 bandwagon. Now I have two 
> Fuji and one Zeiss prime lenses. And, oh my, this is a marvelous camera 
> and the lenses are near perfection. You can?t help but make technically ok 
> photos without any effort. Alas, I still am bothered by the APS sensor 
> size (I just can?t get away from the 35mm preconception of angle of view 
> of a given lens). This water in now muddied by the new medium format Fuji 
> on the way. Who knows where I will wind up with all this.I must say that 
> the both M9 and X-Pro2 are both incredibly fantastic tools.  They both 
> have strengths and weaknesses. I could not complain about either.Again, 
> Lluis, angain, thank you for your great photographs. Now I can think about 
> society, and photographic hardware. And I could only hope to get a few 
> photos in my life that might say as much as so many of yours do.Rod Smith
> 
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