Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I note that it will be in Madrid later, excellent! Now that Madrid is just 2 hours away by high-speed train, it is entirely reasonable to take a day trip to see a photo exhibition, at least one of this caliber. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Matthew B. Filippini wrote: > Hi all, > > Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka is currently on exhibit at the Art > Institute of Chicago. "Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful" runs through > September 14, 2014. > > <http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/josef-koudelka-nationality-doubtful> > > I'll be going next week with a colleague of mine, who has already seen it > twice, including the opening where he spoke to Mr. Koudelka. Koudelka > mentioned shooting digital panoramas with a Leica. > > According to this article, Leica modified an S2 for him, for panoramic > output (masking the sensor and viewfinder?): > > <http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/josef-koudelka-a-restless-eye/> > > "I was using this Fuji panoramic ? but the problem was everyone stopped > developing the film. You can?t get 220 film anymore and you needed to > carry about 35 kilograms extra. I went to Leica and they did one camera > for me that was digital panoramic, which is this S2 camera, and they make > two lines and set it on black and white. I made four trips with it > together with the film camera. In the last two trips I realized I was > taking more pictures with this Leica and I am enjoying it more. The result > is very comparable. The lens was exactly the same." > > Matt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >