Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adi wrote: <I do realise the many benefits of multiple bodies. However, my question <arose from the school of thought, that said simplification and less <superflous excess will enable us photogs to get to the heart and soul of= the <subject. Flowery as this may be, in essence you approach your subject, o= r <the person as another human being who just happens to have a camera in hand. <This approach is less intrusive than have multiple cameras dangling all over <or having to carry a huge, oversized camera bag around. The very design = of <the M camera supports this kind of non excess, which is what, as a long ago <post has written said that NG's David Alan Harvey shoots whole essays wi= th <one Leica M and one lens. May I add also, to this simplifying, the use o= f <one type of film only. When I'm travelling for vacation, whit a bag full of : 1 reflex + 3 lense= s + extender + 1 Leica M + 2 lenses + 1 flash + a small tripod + a ball & socket head = + filters + films + binoculars + etc.. I always swear every day that it i= s the last time and that the next time I will only take 1 camera and 1 lens because I'm tired , It's hot and I feel stupid and anyhow I always use the same lens and = I don't dare to leave something in my room etc... And I always forget my promise and the next time I start to pack : 1 refl= ex + 3 lenses + extender + 1 Leica M + 2 lenses + 1 flash + a small tripod = + a ball & socket head + filters + films + binoculars + etc.. = because you never know... May the spirit of Cartier Bresson be with me !! Lucien Belgium