dalegaspi wrote: pmeheut wrote: 1bwana1 wrote:
OK you are a Luddite.
Or someone who complains a lot about things that have nothing to do with shooting pictures. Complaining about the SD card in the same compartment as the battery? WTF?
I'm a much longer user than he is, have used more M variants and I'm glad they got rid of the infamous removable bottom plate, that the M11 is lighter and that the shutter is quieter than a film M, even the M5 and M7 I still use, own and love.
But in the end, it is just a tool to create pictures.
i'm not sure why you have to react so negatively about my personal preference. i'm just saying to me that using the M is more of a journey, not just a "tool for taking pictures" otherwise i would not put up with using the rangefinder. i have other cameras, as well, that are regarded as tools. it's just how i use the M differently. that's all.
Yep, I am absolutely with you, here. Have just bought an M3 and looking into buying, once more, a digital M. But it is just because Leica M bodies are such nice things to hold and use. And the M lenses are so small, and good. They are not tools, at least not for me. "Tool" sounds more of an utilitarian thing, and there are far better tools out there for taking photos with. If Leica were simply "tools", then they would never reach the prices they do these days.
So, the next step would be for someone to claim that a film camera is just a tool, these days....I know there must be a few of them for which, in today's world, a film body would be their tool of choice, but for 99.99% of us it is just for fun.
Dec 31, 2024 at 04:31 AM
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