I read this a few days ago, and came to a similar conclusion. As the
owner of a Leica IIIC, who's not enamored of it's charms in use, (it's a
beautiful jewel like machine, with a very quite shutter squinty view
finder and seperate range viewfinder, which makes the arrangement on my
Kodak medalist look light years ahead). I'd drag out my MX with 50mm
f1.7. However since that's what I shot with for the majority of my
photographic life either I learned those lessons or I didn't. Before
that there was a 127 Bakelite Kodak Brownie that belonged to my
grandmother a couple of different instamatics , the first a 126 the
second a 110, and about the time I was 14 or 15 my father gave me his
Ansco Speedex 4.5 a very simple 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 folder that took 120 film,
and if you guessed the distance correctly took beautiful photographs.
In the spirit of using a rangefinder with one lens, I also prefer my
Kodak Retina IIIc, it has a nice, thought not perfect, combined
rangefinder/viewfinder takes standard 35mm cassettes, is easily
pocketable, due to it's lighter weight.
Maybe I'd feel better about using a Leica if I had an M2 or M3...
By the way the Leica IIIC was virtually free, (it's officially on loan
but I doubt the owner will ever ask for it back), as was the Retina,
(which was an outright gift).
Adam Maas wrote:
Anybody else read
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html
Mike Johnston's little ode to simplicity and the Leica as a teacher.
I'm seriously thinking about giving the basic concept a try. Not with
a Leica though, but rather with either a Yashica FX-3 or Nikon FM2n
and a fast normal. I don't feel like paying the Leica tax and my FX-3
in particular cost less than the eBay/Paypal transaction fees on even
a cheap M.
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fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a
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--G. K. Chesterton
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