All of the preceding photos were made with either a Leica M6, Leica
M6 TTL or the Leica MP – the king of all “street cameras.”
Why?
Why not your SLR or your little digi-cam? Because I can make a photo
in any instance with a battery or not.
It is tough.
It is compact.
It does anything I ask it whether it’s freezing or hot as shit.
The MP never fails.
All of the preceding photos were made with either thirty-five or fifty millimetre lenses with maximum apertures between one-point-oh to two-point-oh.
What someone who wants to make street photography their “photo genre of choice” should keep in mind is lens performance at maximum aperture.
I’ve tried the new Zeiss glass that fits the new Zeiss Ikon bodies. I’ve tried the Voigtlanders. More specifically I’ve tried them all at maximum
aperture.
They perform well.
The do not, however, perform perfectly.
Like my Leica glass.
My Leica glass performs at maximum aperture like not other lenses created by any manufacturer.
Call me a Leica snob.
I don’t fucking care.
What-so-fucking-ever.