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Leica PS cameras. Aren't they just re-badged Panasonics?
Jim A.
Speaking of Leica, has anyone looked at/tried the latest Leica PS that is
10 megpxl? I was looking at one the other day
, are they?
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On 9/19/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a Panasonic LX2 if it's the pocket one, not sure which Panasonic the EVF
one is rebadged from. Supposedly quite a nice camera. Cheaper without the Red
Dot too.
I have the Leica D-Lux 3 (which is also the Panny LX2 - I thought it
looked
That's a fairly nice collection of photographs. (So some were just
record shots, but some showed a lot of imagination).
Amita Guha wrote:
On 9/19/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a Panasonic LX2 if it's the pocket one, not sure which Panasonic the
EVF one is rebadged from.
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Date: 2007/09/19 Wed PM 05:59:28 GMT
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Subject: RE: The Cult of Leica
On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs
shutter exercise anyway
On Sep 20, 2007, at 2:20 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Treating film as sackcloth and ashes is the surest way I can think
of killing it off completely.
It isn't dead already?];-)
G
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Walter Hamler wrote:
Speaking of Leica, has anyone looked at/tried the latest Leica PS that is
10 megpxl? I was looking at one the other day and it was priced at about
500.00 and looked/felt pretty spiffy.
Walt
It's a Panasonic LX2 if it's the pocket one, not sure which Panasonic
Cotty wrote:
Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
I thought it was some sort of military vehicle...
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Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty wrote:
Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
I thought it was some sort of military vehicle...
The M8 was a cancelled project that ended up having the prototypes see service
in Afghanistan (As the vehicle that was supposed to fill the hole,
Leica PS cameras. Aren't they just re-badged Panasonics?
Jim A.
Speaking of Leica, has anyone looked at/tried the latest Leica PS that is
10 megpxl? I was looking at one the other day and it was priced at about
500.00 and looked/felt pretty spiffy.
Walt
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On 20/09/2007, John Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know about that..I have an M4...the last of the bench built
Leicas. It also is a fantastic machine as well as a great camera. The
sound of a Leica going off is delicious just by itself. I think that
bringing any Leica to your
IIRC, he originally said that he has seen that happen but didn't get the photo,
so did a recreation of it. Decades later he claimed it was not staged. So you
decide.
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BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was staged.
True? Apparently the
Just laziness, that's all.
frank theriault wrote:
On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs shutter exercise
anyway. Now if I can just find that Tri-X in the back of the freezer. It's
all Bob's fault:-).
I have to say,
From: pnstenquist
BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was
staged. True? Apparently the writer of the article doesn't think so.
Paul
The Eisenstaedt quote would indicate it was not.
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Gullibles travels. That photo appeared in Life Magazine in 1945. Back then
there
were two people in the US who did not at least browse through Life Magazine,
they were both in a coma (hypebole for emphasis). And it took 50+ years to find
the people in the photo.
HCB himself told the story
On Sep 18, 2007, at 9:15 PM, Bob W wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane/
Nice article, thanks for posting the link.
I enjoyed my Leica lenses and cameras immensely ... All told I had
the IIc, IIf, IIIf, M3, M4-P (x2), and M6TTL over the period from
1969
Bob,
Thanks for the link. It was a most interesting read.
I had to chuckle with The photographer was on the run, so whatever he was
carrying had to be light and trim enough not to be a drag. I own a IIIf and
an M3 (both purchased used) and the one thing that I recall after a day of
shooting
Arr, matey, but compared to the other gear o' the day, such be ye
Medalist, ar some such press device, t'were light an' handy...
Cesar wrote:
Bob,
Thanks for the link. It was a most interesting read.
I had to chuckle with The photographer was on the run, so whatever he was
carrying had to
On 9/19/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane/
It's not a real Leica (being that the body, while designed in
Wetzlar, was made by Minolta in Japan), but I really must pull out my
CL and take it for a walk.
Thanks for a terrific
Cesar wrote:
I own a IIIf and an M3 (both purchased used)
Mark!
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Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs shutter exercise anyway.
Now if I can just find that Tri-X in the back of the freezer. It's all Bob's
fault:-).
Paul
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Cesar wrote:
I own a IIIf and an M3 (both purchased used)
Mark!
Why?
Am I missing something?
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Bob W wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane/
Bob
An interesting read. Bit of a love-in for the Leica (Especially the comment
about the Leica + 50mm being the camera that took more famous pictures than
anything else, IIRC someone ran the numbers on
BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was staged.
True? Apparently the writer of the article doesn't think so.
Paul
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Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs shutter exercise
On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs shutter exercise anyway.
Now if I can just find that Tri-X in the back of the freezer. It's all Bob's
fault:-).
I have to say, Paul, while I hope to be shooting TriX in my Leica for
a
It also ignores the thread mount cameras, which is odd given its fascination
with beautiful machinery. For sheer mechanical artistry, I don't think anything
can compare with a IIIG or even a IIIf.
Paul
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Bob
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Cesar wrote:
I own a IIIf and an M3 (both purchased used)
Mark!
Why?
Am I missing something?
Never mind. Must have been a MOTO moment. g
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I wouldn't be shocked to hear that's true, a lot of Eisenstaedt's work was
posed, especially the early work. But that's one of the few shots by him that
doesn't seem lifeless to me, so it may well be a candid.
-Adam
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BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times
It doesn't entirely. But the Uver-Leica is and always will be the M3. The LTM
cameras are more baroque in design and interfere in your shooting more (stupid
shutter dials).
-Adam
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It also ignores the thread mount cameras, which is odd given its fascination
with
True, the LTMs aren't as capable as an M3, but they're prettier. And the IIIg
is more expensive, which is partly due to its having been produced small
numbers but it's also a function of its desirability.
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I wouldn't be shocked to hear that's true, a lot of Eisenstaedt's work was
posed, especially the early work. But that's one of the few shots by him that
doesn't seem lifeless to me, so it may well be a candid.
I'm sure it ~wasn't~ staged.
I
Or a function of how collectors distort a market.
-Adam
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True, the LTMs aren't as capable as an M3, but they're prettier. And the IIIg
is more expensive, which is partly due to its having been produced small
numbers but it's also a function of its desirability.
I don't know about that..I have an M4...the last of the bench built
Leicas. It also is a fantastic machine as well as a great camera. The
sound of a Leica going off is delicious just by itself. I think that
bringing any Leica to your eye changes your viewpoint because the
emphasis is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was
staged. True? Apparently the writer of the article doesn't think so.
Nope. That was a genuine grab shot. They just recently succeeded in
tracking down both the sailor and the nurse in that photo, by the
Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
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Avast there who be castin' aspersions there. Course it be a leica, it be
scribed right on her.
Cotty wrote:
Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
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I played with one in my friend's studio. It's definitely a Leica.
(And the price is a dead giveaway:-). However, I don't think it will
hold its value in the way most Leica's do. Like all digital cameras, it
will be a victim of immature technology.
Paul
The guys on
I played with one in my friend's studio. It's definitely a Leica. (And the
price is a dead giveaway:-). However, I don't think it will hold its value in
the way most Leica's do. Like all digital cameras, it will be a victim of
immature technology.
Paul
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Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
The M8 be as much a Leica as me arse be as cute as Cindy Crawford`s.
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 05:15:34AM +0100, Bob W wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane/
An interesting read, even though I don't feel tempted by a Leica.
I was also intigued to note that it's currently the most read (or
viewed?) article in the online edition
It's not a Panasonic, which the unLeica's all are.
-Adam
P. J. Alling wrote:
Avast there who be castin' aspersions there. Course it be a leica, it be
scribed right on her.
Cotty wrote:
Harrr me hearties, the question is - is the M8 a Leica ?
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Scott Loveless wrote:
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I played with one in my friend's studio. It's definitely a Leica.
(And the price is a dead giveaway:-). However, I don't think it will
hold its value in the way most Leica's do. Like all digital cameras, it
will be a victim of immature
An interesting read. Bit of a love-in for the Leica
(Especially the comment about the Leica + 50mm being the
camera that took more famous pictures than anything else,
IIRC someone ran the numbers on the Pulitzer and the Nikon F
came out on top by a fair margin, just because of the 60's
On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs
shutter exercise anyway. Now if I can just find that Tri-X in
the back of the freezer. It's all Bob's fault:-).
I have to say, Paul, while I hope to be shooting TriX in my Leica
On 9/19/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip If you
look at pictures of Vietnam photographers you'll notice that a lot -
perhaps most - of them have Nikons AND Leicas round their necks.
That was certainly true of Nick Ut. The famous and tragic photo of
Kim Phuc was taken with a Leica, but
What a pleasant reading. But Bob, I know you have one. I don't... Worse
yet, I want one now ;-).
Cheers!
Boris
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A strangely compelling article. I never warmed to the Leica but this
almost makes me want to get the shutter unjammed in my IIIc
Bob W wrote:
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Bob
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