On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 06:00 PM, Austin Franklin wrote: > Like Rolleis, Leica M's are VERY quiet cameras, and do in fact make > some pictures "easier" than with a wham/bam/slam SLR. They also do > have some very nice lenses, that have rather nice OOF (out of focus, > typically called "bokeh") rendering. Also, some people prefer the > rangefinder type of framing/focusing for certain types of work. > > If you have never tried one, which I take it you have not, then I can > understand your reticence to believe there is anything "special" about > them, but they are the highest quality rangefinder available, and the > pictures are easily on par with any SLR out there...so it's really a > matter of preference, and for some they are rather "special", whether > others believe it or not. That pretty much says it all, and succinctly at that. Cheers.