The drama, however, is that every shot one makes with cheap glass is a shot not made with good
Glass. Just like with anything else: every moment spent with bad quality is a moment NOT spent with good quality.
Depends on what "best" is for you. I shoot a lot of wildlife and sports, so Leicas are not even close to being "good". :-D
The drama, however, is that every shot one makes with cheap glass is a shot not made with good
Glass. Just like with anything else: every moment spent with bad quality is a moment NOT spent with good quality.
End of story.
What about the shots made with @Sirius Glass ?
Any discussion with “Leica” in it ends up just like this one. I’m sure Huss figured it would when he shared that light hearted video at the head of this thread (Such a sh*t stirrer!) Have fun y’all!
No fisher Price guitars, pianos and microphones, in Whoosh! No sir!
I shot skateboarding with FE2, Bronica SQ, etc. Doable. And skateboarding is not a very difficult sport to shoot. But what current DSLRs enabled us to do in sports shooting is not another level, it's another game. I still shoot with an F5, but it's not even near the D5/D850.Totally agreed. Again, my trusty Nikon FM2 was perfect for shooting skateboarding. And I have used one just for that, between 1995 and 2001. I dreamed of an F4, but couldn’t afford it at the time.
Also, regarding quality and grain and abnormalities and defects: most photos are boring and all that stuff can make the mundane more interesting. People already see the world free of grain and (unless they have the wrong glasses) tack sharp. Show them something different.
£3k gets you into Fuji medium format digital with some nice used equipment. That's sharper, clearer, <pick your metric>-er than anything this side of a 4x5 drum scan.
Nothing beats a good piece of glass!
I think discussing Leica product quality is pointless. They are some of the best cameras one can buy, but since I can’t afford them, I’m happy to use my Nikons. If I could afford a Leica, I would probably have one by now.
I'll never forget the first time I used a Selectric. Wonderful.. Same with a Leica.Yes. They are switching from Royals to a Selectrics, because monkeys type really fast. These days, they write adult novels because there is more money in it and Francis Bacon, I mean Shakespeare has fallen out of favor.
Bob
I'll never forget the first time I used a Selectric. Wonderful.. Same with a Leica.
I had an early, pre-Selectric, IBM electric typewriter. When you fired it up and started typing, given the noise and vibration, you felt like your were taxiing a jet plane down the runway. Now I can't remember what I did with it.
I don't think grain is interesting. We already saw tens of thousands of grainy photos. It's not "something different". Never had the feeling a boring and/or mundane photo was less boring/mundane because of grain....Also, regarding quality and grain and abnormalities and defects: most photos are boring and all that stuff can make the mundane more interesting. People already see the world free of grain and (unless they have the wrong glasses) tack sharp. Show them something different.
The Chuck Norris of photography is still a thing?...
Like Ken Rockwell says,.....
The Chuck Norris of photography is still a thing?
Rockwell may be relatively successful but I seriously doubt he is as famous, rich or successful as Mr. Richards.He is now the Keith Richards of photography.
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