Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed he is... I just spent the last half hour touring his site. Jack Tucson - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <mvhoward@mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: [Leica] This guy is good > > For the past few days, I've enjoyed browsing a rather extensive > collection of B&W photography by Bernhard Schmidt on the web. I'm not > quite sure how I stumbled on this site orignally (perhaps via Google, > looking for the 21mm SA). I don't think Bernhard's a Lugger (a quick > search of The Archives reveals no hits on his name), maybe he's a > lurker. In any case, he shoots (as far as I can tell) exclusively with > an M3, a 21mm Super-Angulon, a 50mm DR-Summicron, and a 90mm first > version Tele-Elmarit (the fat one) on Ilford Delta 400 and Delta 3200, > printed on Multigrade FB warmtone. > > http://www.bws-photo.de/index.html > > He's got a good eye, shoots interesting, contemplative street scapes > mixed with a classic, B&W photoreportage style. It's photography that > is not that easy to classify, which makes it all the more interesting. > > But, for me, the main point is that it shows that good photography can > be practiced with a single camera body, three lenses, two films, and a > single paper. It's easy to forget that sometimes. Not least in this > forum. > > M. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html