Earl, I don't recall seeing your name on the list before. If you're new
welcome aboard, if you've been here all along and somehow I haven't run
across you, or have managed to forget having done so (which with my many
failing faculties sounds quite possible) I apologize.
What sort of work did you do when you shot for a living? What are you up to
these days?
Tris
At 11:28 PM 2/24/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Rob:
>
>I don't see much sense in having SLRs from two different manufacturers
>unless there is a compelling reason; JMHO.
>
>I owned Leica (M3 with 50, 21 and 90) for awhile, along with my OMs,
>medium format (Rollei SL66) and 4x5. There was a specific purpose for
>each as I was a working pro at the time. I admit that getting the Leica,
>even though bought used, was a bit of a prestige thing for me at the
>time. However, the ability to better anticipate the "grab" shots with a
>rangefinder, especially with wide-angle, was enormously helpful. As far
>as portraits went, I used the 50 quite a bit for casual portraitsas well
>as the 90. The 90 was a joy, having a special Leica magic. But when it
>came time to downsize for economic reasons (I was no longer working as a
>professional and needed the money for other purposes), it was not a real
>hard decision to sell the Leica and Rollei gear. It would have been MUCH
>harder to sell the Leica stuff though, if I had not acquired the Zuiko
>21mm f2. When I saw how that lens performed vs. the 21mm f3.5 Super
>Angulon, I was very surprised and pleased. No, I didn'
> t do formal testing and I'll bet someone could point to some
> characteristic of the Leica 21 that is superior. But in real-world use,
> the Zuiko rocked/rocks.
>
>I am now back into rangefinders (XA, Olympus Auto, Oly 35sp, Minolta
>HiMatic 7s and a Konica C35) because of their special handling qualities
>and the "stealth" aspect. If I could afford Leica would I re-acquire
>it? Probably. Would I use it a lot? Maybe. But honestly, I think the
>OMs are so beautiful and useful, that I would be better off spending the
>dough on more Zuikos, a kick-butt scanner and printer, and
>film/processing. Or, take the trip with my OMs, SP and C35. Oh, and a
>few cases of Hillebrand 2002 cab sauvignon. It's going to be marvey.
>
>Earl
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