Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea I 'm not saying all his shots were done at f8 at 125/th now was this guy I'm saying a bulk of them were close to that but the main issue is he was don't walking around like the apparent LUG mentality with his lens wide open as a default. Unless he was on the beach at night when the moon was not full. A cursory glance at his body of work shows he was not a wide open kind a guy. http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&bi w=1191&bih=666&q=henri+cartier+bresson+photographs&oq=henry+cartier+&gs_l=im g.3.1.0i10l10.567.4616.0.6601.16.15.1.0.0.0.518.1367.12j1j5-1.14.0...0.0...1 ac.1.15.img.iT2oXbr3KoM Or http://tinyurl.com/kck25fm He got very little of the total area of his image not in focus. What kind of Bokeh did his lens get? For all practical purposes: None. On 6/4/13 6:00 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > > Le 4 juin 13 ? 11:44, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > >> >> His favorite postwar combination was Tri-X developed in 777. >> >> His standard settings were f8 at 125/th with the focus set to 15ft (5 >> meters) >> > > Along with the idea that he was hunting for greys would mean he only > got that camera out of his pocket when the light and subject matched > these parameters - I don't bite into this Mark. > He definitely made last second adjustments - f8 1/125th 5m 400ASA may > have been his "ever-ready" settings, nothing else i.e. the neutral of > manual camera gearbox... > Yes, I know it is known his tireur had a hell of time with his negs... > > Amiti?s > Ph > > > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible > to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/