Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the 90's and before landscape photography was ruled by the large format sheet film shooters. There were more of them then the medium format roll film people that you heard about anyway. And 35mm landscape people were doing stuff like having garbage in the foreground and stuff which was political and environmental it was not about beauty of landscape but really almost about the opposite. Most my landscape work and cityscapes were medium format. This was ok as long as there was not a print also hanging in the room hanging right next to them which was shot with sheet film. As that print would make my roll film print look like it was shot with a toy camera. I'd like that shot hung on the other side of the room please. I had to be careful to not hang one of my 35mm landscapes next to one of my medium format ones. Same problem. The 35mm large prints looks ok alone or in a room filled with just them but put them next to a shot done from a Hassy or Rollei and they looked thin and weak in direct comparison as you looked from left to right and back again.. I'm talking 16x20's or sometimes 11x14's. 8x10's from larger format had a kind of concentrated richness. But the 35mm stuff did not look like it was spread out too thin. I've seen some inkjets, black and white from medium format captures and they blew away anything I'd seen taken with full frame. If my focus was mainly on landscape work and cityscapes I would be shooting full frame digital. It will be probably I'll be able to swing a used back for my Hassies one of these days. If I'm doing better I'd rather be using the Leica S system. Anything is possible you never know. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:51:34 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 envy... > > Which raises some very interesting and relevant points. I agee that the S2 > would be the wrong tool for your style of photography Nathan. > Still it's hard not to be impressed when you see the photographs it makes > of > course. > > At the natural light model photography class I Iattended (run by Peter > Coulson http://www.koukei.com.au/ ) I asked him why he was shooting with a > full frame Canon dSLR rather than the Hasselblads that he normally uses in > his studio. I've watched him working with those tethered and studio > lighting > and he is very good at what he does. He cited the ISO restrictions with the > Hasselblad and the limited focal lengths. I'd add the lack of very fast > glass personally > Unsurprising there were 14 photographers with dSLRs (Nikons and lonely > Sonys) and one M9. From model and students...."oh it's not a film > camera?cool!" > > Still when he was demonstrating using I guess about the 200 end of a zoom > for one setup, I was in close and speaking with the (delightful) model. In > this case the levitating Izzy. > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/137293471 > I certainly wouldn't feel handicapped with S2 instead of M9 for fashion > type > shots, in or out of studio. Oh my, the lenses and files it has. > > For landscape photography of course the S2 could be superb but the M9 is > showing strengths there too with some advantages in portability for > example. > Ask Tina or Paul Roark or he who has not yet come out there!. > > I WANT one for both purposes. > > But carry the S2 and an extra lens or two everywhere on the streets > of Barcelona or New york, not so practical. > > Horses for courses of courses. > > Cheers > Geoff > > *"Izzy you are a photographer's dream" ANTM judges* > ** > > > > On 24 August 2011 20:05, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> I wouldn't. Limited lens selection, low ISO only. No doubt it is awesome >> in >> the right conditions, but I could never rely on a camera with those >> limitations. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:56 AM, Richard Man wrote: >> >>> If I sell every single gear I have... >>> >>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/leica_s2_as_travel_camera.shtml >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >>> replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information