Other than trimming the leader, I find my Leica IIIf very simple to use. But each to his own. I also tend to stick with a brand and kit for financial reasons rather than brand loyalty. Hip-hopping from Nikon to Canon to Pentax to Olympus to whatever can get very expensive. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bob, > > I have zero brand loyalty and very little sentimentality about > cameras. I inherited my father's camera too, a fine 1953 Leica IIIf > kit. He loved it. I found it a pain in the ass to use, and sold it > after a year or two worth of trying to use it honoring his memory. His > memory remains just as beloved and full of respect without the camera > in my hands. It's all just equipment to do the job I want, which is to > make photographs. I don't know why the insinuation regards marketing > and advertising. > > I shot with Nikon SLRs and Leica RFs for thirty+ years. Had the same > Nikon kit from 1981 to 2001, plus or minus a lens or body, and had > mostly the same Leica kit for 13 years too. Why? because it did the > job I wanted. I tried other 35mm equipment in that same time period to > see what it might offer (Olympus and Contax) but always went back to > the Nikon/Leica gear. I also shot subminiature and a lot of medium > format ... not because of someone's advertising but because I like the > formats. > > Digital capture was essentially new in 2002 for me. The cameras were > an unknown and I needed to experiment to find out what suited me > purposes, felt good in my use, and produced the goods. > > BTW: The Pentax kit is for sale. I've only made 120 exposures with the > Pentax gear in the last 8 months. I'm happier and getting better > results working with the other gear I have acquired ... that's all > that matters to me. The equipment is transitory, I don't fall in love > with objects. > > What you do is up to your own discretion. I don't disparage it, but I > also don't participate in your emotional attachments to equipment. > > Godfrey > > > > On Aug 10, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > Godfrey, > > > > I still have all my Pentax equipment - ME, Super Program, PZ-1, > > *istDS, & K10D, plus the K20D I'm shooting now. Space is no problem > > and their monitary value at end of life was easily eclipsed by their > > sentimental value and how it feels to shoot with them. I've got my > > dad's Retina IIIc too, the 1st 35mm I borrowed. Who could sell these > > old friends. > > > > Maybe if I bought camera after camera after camera looking for that > > special something they market in their advertising, I would have owned > > more and cycled thru things like you. I think the photographer has > > more to do with the image than the camera or lens. > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I use any camera I have. For ones I'm relying upon for my work, I > >> have > >> two identical bodies. > >> > >> When I stop using a camera, I sell it. Same for lenses. Absolutely no > >> point for me to keep equipment taking up space in the closet that I'm > >> not using. > >> > > -- > 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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