Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/01

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Subject: Re: off topic/my opinion on Salgado "Terra"
From: Gary J Toop <gtoop@uoguelph.ca>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 23:29:52 -0400 (EDT)
 
On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Amilcar de Oliveira wrote:

> N I N O wrote:
> > Do you have any idea what kind of lens and bodies did Salgado use for this
> > work  ?

> I think he uses an M4, M5 and a Leicaflex SL2 with 60mm macro. Don't
> know about the M lenses. He uses Tri-X almost exclusively and doesn't
> meter.

	In an interview in Camera and Darkroom a few years ago, he said
that he uses Tri-X and Tmax 3200.  However, looking at some of the
pictures from one of his recent books "Terra", it seems clear that he is
also using a much slower film - from the look , I would guess Delta 100.
Does anyone know?

Gary