Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: >snip > >And pro keeper v. amateur keeper = no automatic per se advantage on the >snip > Good and talented Robert Capa shoots 2,000 rolls of film this year using > his Nikon SLR and vast array of lenses. Good and talented photographer > Robert Capri shoots 20 rolls of film this year through is vastly superior > R9AF with the brand new 50 Noctilux ARF ASPH. > snip > The guy who practices more. > >snip > Eric Welch Upon Graduating from a mediocre art training I faced the prospect: Do I prostitute my Art going into photography? Or do I go into something else to support my precious delicate photographic sensibilities? I decided that what I needed most to develop my craft and be happy in life was to run film through my camera and lots of it on a regular basis. That wasn't going to happen on my lunch break. Mark Rabiner