You can only be a good photrographer if you have a camera with a red dot

Vaughn

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AnselMortensen said:
For those who are Serious about their Red Dots...let's take it to the Large Format thread.
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LOL...I had forgotten about them -- got two of them...19" and 24". Very nice pieces of glass.

This is with the 24" RD Artar -- must have a defect...that's not sky in the back -- it is the Sierra Nevadas, and the lens must have had some sort of anti-mountain coating on it.
 

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Nicholas Lindan said:
Yard Seller: "Yeah, I dunno. It says 'Leica M3' on it but it doesn't have a red dot so it's probably not real. $25 too much for you?"
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True story:

Some years ago, my boss came to me and said, "A family friend just passed away and his wife is looking for help selling his cameras, and will offer you a deal if you take the whole thing off her hands."

A couple days later, he show ups with an absolutely mint/like new assortment that included an M6, with a 50mm Noctilux, as well as another 50mm, 28mm, and 90mm lenses as I recall - all Leica.

Told them what the stuff was worth - as I recall it was something like $10K (or more) at the time. The lady offered it to me for $5K and I stupidly declined. I just didn't want to tie up that much money in a 35mm system.

So, I had my shot at the "Leica find" deal and blew it ;(

(In fairness, this was years before I contracted the Leica GAS disease...)
 

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I thought I was stuck in the bad photographer pool, but I realized I have one with a red dot AND a red diamond.
 

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<<You can only be a good photographer if you have a camera with a red dot>>
False. Some photographers using such cameras have turned out to be outstandingly excellent, and some outstandingly bad.

OTOH:
<<You can be a good photographer only if you have a camera with a red dot.>>. Also false.
 

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Nicholas Lindan said:
Yard Seller: "Yeah, I dunno. It says 'Leica M3' on it but it doesn't have a red dot so it's probably not real. $25 too much for you?"
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As in 'never give a sucker an even break'? That's a bit cynical isn't it? I think any photographer taking advantage of their greater knowledge of red dots in a one-to-one sale would have an ethical or moral problem to face don't you? Isn't the whole 'do unto others...' thing meant to stop that sort of bad behaviour by photographers? Mind you it's probably something Nikon or Pentax users would do, a terrible lot they are.
 

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When I was a working photographer, primarily editorial assignments and my stock files I used a variety of cameras, 35mm, 6.4.5 format, 6x6 and 6x7. The choice for assignments was largely dictated by the client's wishes. My stock files were basically 35mm and a small number of medium format. In the hands of one of the "greats", a Kodak brownie would produced great images. It isn't the camera body, but quality glass (lenses), film choice, and the skill of the person behind the camera.
 

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Who needs a red dot? Get the blue one!


 

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I have numerous Leica cameras with no red dot.

There's a red dot on my Kodak Pony 135, though.
 

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You don't need a red dot, but you've got to admit, those red dots look pretty. It was worth the $30 I paid for the red dot camera.
 

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Having owned a variety of M bodies, the dot-less ones I like much more. Whereas the R bodies look better "with". Sometimes you see bodies which had their overzealot owners removed the red dot or white lettering. Not approved (say it with Italic accent).
 

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The best red dot is one next to a print in a gallery exhibition
 

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My enlarger has a red dot, so I stick to the notion of fixing everything in the darkroom.
 

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chuckroast said:
So, I had my shot at the "Leica find" deal and blew it ;(
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Well, don't feel bad. I sold a bitcoin for $600. All the story proves is that you have some integrity, congratulations.
 
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