Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD quoted, " I had just had a haircut. Was wearing black socks and a comfortable shirt. Anyone also equipped should have no trouble duplicating this series." Ha! That's great. I just read this quote from Cartier-Bresson: "The actual handling of the camera, it's stops, it's exposure speeds and all the rest of it, are things which should be as automatic as the changing of gears in an automobile. It is no part of my business to go into the details or refinements of any of those operations .... for they are set forth with *military precision* in the manuals which the manufacturers provide along with the camera and the nice orange calf-skin case. If the camera is a beautiful gadget, we should progress beyond that stage at least in conversation. The same applies to the hows and whys of making pretty prints in the darkroom." Now, obviously, I'm not that immune to the magic of these gadgets as objects, or I wouldn't hang around here much. But, I don't like it to be a fetish. When I was in school, if you asked what camera a student used to make a picture, the whole class would look at you like you were an idiot - discussing equipment make was very uncool. When I worked with pros, the only question was would the thing work when it had to, and was it the right tool for the job. Still, the first thing I thought about when I saw SonC's pictures, after admiring how fun they were, was, What film did he use? That's all I really need to know - the rest we can guess close enough to admire his technique. Anyway, thought you all would enjoy that quote. Carl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html