Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/21
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>From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
>Maybe, but for me, the fact of SEEING is more
>important than recording. I think this is what attracted me to the M
>cameras. There is nothing but a piece of glass, like the pane of a window,
>between me and the scene. The M viewfinder is like walking around with a
>pair of cropping "L"s. Just you and the scene, nothing changing or
>interfering with your vision. I hope that all of us on this list has the
>same feeling. I still remember the first time a pretty sunlit "field"
>suddenly resolved itself into a myriad of soft golden tones and shapes
>taking my breath completely away and leaving forever changed.
>
>John Technique Colier
Hi John
Thanks for reminding us of that sense of wonder (and wander), too easily
lost under piles of gear:
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera"
Dorothea Lange
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