Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the Future
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Wed Nov 1 09:08:49 2006
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Ok and I gotta tell you I love Frida ....Got several books on her and 
find them  fascinating as hell. Her hubby's model sure has a nice lively 
look as well. Really wouldn't mind trying to find her granddaughter for 
a shoot myself.  Henle makes it work. Just because you're shooting a 6x6 
doesn't mean it will. Using 120 film for quality and not taking 
advantage of the whole square is a bit pointless. If you use a square 
because you want all the elements to work together then they should 
coalesce.

Walt

p.s If anyone has an old 2.8F Rollie they want to give me I'll try to 
learn to like squares. :-)

Raimo K wrote:

> Have a look at this and tell me all about square compositions later:
> http://photography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.fritzhenle.com/
>  
>
> All the best!
> Raimo K
> Personal photography homepage at:
> http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and the Future
>
>
>> There is no doubt the Rolliflex viewfinder makes looking a pleasure. 
>> There seems to be a distancing from the equipment that allows more 
>> subject involvement. I feel the same way with a viewfinder and prefer 
>> them over slrs. Although Daniel sent us some really fine images some 
>> could be made more effective by cropping. This is, of course, a 
>> personal thing but the image subject should visually dominate?
>>
>> Walt
>>
>> Raimo K wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Daniel.
>>> It depends, though... my very first camera was a simple Yashica A 
>>> TLR and now when I photograph with my Rolleiflex 3.5F all things 
>>> seem to compose themselves on the groundglass.
>>> All the best!
>>> Raimo K
>>> Personal photography homepage at:
>>> http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlr@dlridings.se>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and the Future
>>>
>>>
>>>> Walt Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Very few square photographs appear well composed to me. I'd go 6x9 
>>>>> and be fine.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I beg your pardon:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v22/06v22-0011.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v13/06v13-0001.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v15/06v15-0039.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/04v16-0028a-65429.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/04v10-61939.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/22-37338.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/v26-0012-47928.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/merna-sandy-37312.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/23-37335.jpg.html
>>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/nyeve2006/05v52-0015.jpg.html 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
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