Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Very well put. Peter On 30/08/2018 07:59, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: >... I think that the LUG > straddles both worlds.? We all have absorbed a certain way of seeing and > method > of shooting from having loved and used Leicas. That stays with us no > matter what > we shoot with today. > ... > > ... A fleeting moment of human interaction or > expression, well-composed, captured with a small, light, fast, responsive > camera > and superb optics is still one of my highest goals. To me, that's the > Leica ethos. > ... > I think > that most LUGgers have retained something of the Leica ethos even if they > have > moved on to other brands for technological, medical or financial(!) > reasons.? > Leica-ethos photographs can be taken with other brands. ... I suspect that > if HCB or > Eisie or Gene Smith had access to a Fuji XT-2 or an Olympus EM-1 Mark II, > they > would have been happy to give it a try. They might have even adopted them > for > some things. Our own BD Colen takes his "Alone, Together" and "Day in the > Life" > photos with a distinctly Leica accent, but uses Fujis.? Just to cite one > example. > > --Peter > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig