An old article about Leica worthy to be read

[italy74]

Quite long but interesting http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane?currentPage=1

 

[sweathog]

One page read, and so far very interesting.
Great shout.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Dino,

Most amusing. Thanks.

Cheers,

R.

 

[italy74]

My pleasure sharing with passionates common passion.

 

[thomasw_]

Thanks Dino, enjoyed the read.

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

I read this article in print when it came out. It's interesting.

Just FYI, it's not that old. It appeared in the September 24, 2007 issue of the New Yorker.

 

[Al Patterson]

I read this article in print when it came out. It's interesting.

Just FYI, it's not that old. It appeared in the September 24, 2007 issue of the New Yorker.

In Internet time that might as well be last century. I think I saw this in December or January from a link someone posted to RFF.

I'll probably skim it this time. Thanks!

 

[robert blu]

it seems interesting: something to read in the week end ! thank for the link
robert

 

[robbert]

Thanks for the link! Great read

 

[FanMan]

thanks for posting the link - was fun to read

...I worship my beat-up Nikon FE, but there is no denying that every snap reminds me of a cow kicking over a milk pail. With a Leica, all you hear is the shutter, which is the quietest on the market. The result—and this may be the most seductive reason for the Leica cult—is that a photograph sounds like a kiss." I like that statement

 

[kmerenkov]

Thanks! Finished reading.
Explored some fun quotes and a new photographer to me - Lee Friedlander - I will definitely buy his books soon. His photos are not exactly what I like but they are very interesting.

 

[vieri]

Quite long but interesting http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_lane?currentPage=1

Interesting read Dino, thank you the fellow writer, however, made a funny double mistake:

(Five and a half thousand will buy you a 50-mm. f/1, the widest lens on the market; for anybody wanting to shoot pictures by candlelight, there’s your answer.)

Surely he meant fastest, not widest and he forgot the Canon 50 mm f0.95...

 

[Vincenzo Maielli]

Grazie, caro amico! (Thanks, dear friend!).
Ciao.
Vincenzo

 

[italy74]

For what I know, the fastest lens ever produced is a Rodenstock TV Heligon 50mm f/0.75, even if I'm not sure if it fits SLRs or RFs..., I found it both on them..

 

[antistatic]

Thanks.

As a new Leica owner it made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

 

[Avotius]

tomorrow if things go well I will have to go out and feed my m6 some film.