This calls for www.leicamanfacts.com ... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/19 Bob W <p...@web-options.com>: > Everybody's favourite camera reviewer has written an extremely amusing > review of the Leica M9: > http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m9.htm > > With the zeal of the convert he writes > > "The Leica photographer is always the master of his own light; he has no > need for the [...] tricks of lesser cameras." > > "Leica follows my recommendation not to use Adobe RGB [...]" > > "Image Stabilization > The Leica man knows how to hold his camera. He is never flustered, no matter > what may be going on around him." > > "The LEICA's image stabilization comes from the quiet, unflappable > confidence inherent in every Leica photographer." > > "Thank goodness, the M9 has no mode to put moving images up on the rear LCD > as you shoot. This would be inconceivably stupid for the LEICA photographer, > even if popular with lesser men" > > "The Leica man is always a participant, never a spectator. In Cannes, he > uses his M9 to snap photos as he or his friends accept the distinction of > the Palme d'Or" > > "When you shoot the LEICA, you know your photos are perfect. The Leica man > never wastes his shooting time looking back at what he just shot; his eyes > are always looking for his next great photo" > > "The Leica man doesn't care to view his images on-camera. He more often sees > his images on the walls of the Guggenheim, MoMA or the Whitney. While out > and about, the Leica photographer sees his own work on the front covers of > magazines, billboards and on album covers. Why would he bother looking at a > little LCD?" > > "Weather sealing: none. If the Leica man needs photos from unpleasant > locations, he has someone go there for him." > > "The LEICA is a tool used by the world's greatest photographers. It is not a > video game that shoots movies, records sound or makes phone calls" > > "Thank goodness I never bothered to have any of my classic LEICA lenses > butchered by hacking them with the old 6-bit code from the M8 days!" > > And finally: > > "Since I started shooting Leica optics at the end of 2008 [...]" > > "When my LEICA M9 arrives [...]" > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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