Re: [Leica] Leica in 2000

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

Harrison,

Many thanks for the detailed answer. We are (at least I am) very very
interested in what other LUGgers do and how they do it. Even if it's
mundane to you, it's very interesting to me. I like it very much when you,
Donal, Ted, Ian, Eric, etc... tell about a particular shoot, or other work
related stuff. It breaks the monotony of reading about lens shade numbers,
OOKYS, NOOKYS, and the like.

Thanks again,

Jim


>
>>Out of curiosity, why do you have
>>a grip on your camera and also want mirror release (I'm assuming on a 
>>tripod)?
>
>Well, I do just about every kind of photography you can think of.  The 
>company I am a staff photographer for does the Tennessee Vacation Guide, 
>the North Carolina Travel Guide, both travel scenic photography stuff.  
>The Tennessee Economic Development Guide, Kentucky Commerce; both high in 
>corporate/industrial stuff where color correction gels and longish 
>exposures rule the day.  We also do 2 NASCAR magazines, 1 NFL magazine 
>where sports action shots rule.  In addition to this we do about 30 
>smaller community magazines where I shoot everything from sports to 
>people working on computers where I drag the shutter speed to pick up the 
>monitor, to scenic stuff, all in 2-3 days. On top of this I am a Black 
>Star shooter where I will go from doing an environmental portrait for say 
>the Family Circle or The Chronicle of Higher Education to shooting an 18 
>wheeler painted with special paint on the Interstate for Dupont the next 
>day. About 2/3 of what I shoot is hand held, the rest is on a tripod and 
>it is my opinion that the R6 is difficult to handhold with out the grip.
>
>Donal, Bill Welch, Bill Grimwood, and Kim Sherman have all seen some of 
>the magazines we produce and perhaps they can clarify what I am trying to 
>say.  Since I will go from shooting something as I am on the fly hand 
>held at good shutter speeds to a longish shot on a tripod, sometimes with 
>only the time it takes to walk down the hall to a different location, I 
>like to keep my equipment versatile.  Having to remove the grip to use 
>the mirror prefire just is not to bloody versatile...IMO
>
>Long answer for a short question, I know.
>
>
>
>Harrison McClary
>http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto
>