Even though I lusted for and used a Leicaflex SL just when the R3 came out (I then had an R3MOT) I have never had a Leicaflex of my own and probably never will - In the meantime my current R9diesel works fine enough for my limited talents :-) And still, David's photo is one I wish I had ... whatever the gear :-) Best Ph Le 31 mai 11 à 21:00, Richard Ward a écrit : > > On May 31, 2011, at 11:03 AM, "philippe.amard" > <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> Any Leicaflex user can though - others may have the wrong gear >> ;-) >> Ph > > Philippe, > There is Truth dripping from every part of that Sentence. Those > 'Others' who aren't lucky enough, wise enough, or experienced > enough, to be shooting with cameras that are easily used in Full > Manual Mode quite likely have the 'wrong gear'. :-) > Further, the phrase 'any leicaflex user' is quite a telling one > all by itself. LRFlexers represent a subset of Leicaflex Users, who > themselves represent a subset of SLR users, who then represent a > subset all the people on earth shooting 'photographic images' with > devices dedicated to the purpose, and finally all of the above are > transitioning to being a subset to the explosive growth of the > images being taken by devices not solely dedicated to being a > camera. (read: Cellphones & iPods). > Our wonderful group of personalities, characters, and > individuals, who collectively ARE what LRflex IS, are also a > remarkable collection of folks versed in using the tools and methods > of our chosen field of endeavour. Hobbyist, Professional, Professor, > Student, even the rare Nutter (me?) - collectively we represent a > small, small fraction of the world's population. > In my opinion Philippe being able to say Any Member can > successfully Manually Operate a Camera all by itself 100% proves > we're a very tiny slice of Human Kind. :-) > > Now, having said those glowing things about our little patch of the > internet, how about asking yourself how Evenly Knowledgeable, how > Evenly Experienced, or how Evenly Gifted, the members of this group > are? > > Sincerely, > Richard------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/