Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/1/04 5:47 PM, Jack Baty at jbaty@fusionary.com wrote: >>>>>> That man travels the world with just an M6 and a 35mm lens.<<<<<< >> [snip] >> >> There are too many people who think all you need is a Leica, film, running >> shoes and a foreign country and you'll become the next HCB or Marc Riboud, >> and that's absolute nonsense. > > While I agree completely, I wonder if the point of the original post was > that it's *not* about the equipment. I read it as, "He takes great > photos with a single camera and only one lens!" > > FWIW, I use an M6 and 35 and my photos are crap. Maybe it's the > traveling the world part I'm missing! I hate to break this to you, but it's not the 'traveling the world' part, either. IMHO the best photos are in your 'back yard', however you define that. It's the places you know and can come back to again and again. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html