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Subject: Re: [Leica] I missed it.
From: "Gareth Jolly" <garethjolly@bigpond.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 10:25:04 +1000

>Just in case you're 
>curious, I did get the shot, and the results are fantastic.  I have 
>decided to practice the method of pre-focusing to infinity, then turning 
>down to the subject distance.  This makes the most sense to me, as most 
>of my subjects are 5-15 feet away, and my summicron lacks a focusing 
>lever.


Well - after all that you'll have to post the image to the web somewhere.

Be most interested.

Gareth

>
>Thanks again, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your responses.
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Klingaman
>
>>Eric:
>>
>>I was the originator of this eye contact thread.  To clarify it, it was 
>in
>>comment to Nathan's Belgium market scenes where some of the pictures 
>just
>>showed the backs of peoples heads, not people looking off somewhere.  
>The
>>exception on this page are the one of the little girl ,Tongeren 10, and 
>the
>>two boys checking out a find, Waterloo 88C.  It may have been better to 
>say
>>that the viewer has to connect with the expression of the face in a
>>photograph.  It matters little whether or not there is eye contact as 
>long
>>as there is some connection to the viewer.  
>>
>>http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/belgian.htm
>>
>>My Noctilux page has some of both eye contact and the subject looking
>>elsewhere.  For example, Jennifer, Boyd, Bruce and Kim are not looking
>>directly into the camera and the pictures work.  The Baby picture has 
>the
>>the little girl staring right at me.  This picture works because of 
>this.
>>Look at the basket ball picture at the bottom of the page.  It is 
>player
>>42's expression that makes it. All of these pictures on this page are 
>not
>>staged.  I just press the shutter relase when I like the composition.  
>None
>>of them are posed.  
>>
>>http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm
>>
>>As Eric knows, when you have a camera to your face people around just 
>get
>>used to it and start to relax.  The lack of flash also helps, as they 
>are
>>not self concience about you taking pictures since there is no flash to
>>announce that you just took a picture.  This is where Leica excells.  
>You
>>can use fast lenses and get decent images where others need flash or 
>faster
>>more grainey film.  My Basketball shot on the Noctilux page was taken 
>with
>>E200 pushed to EI 320, while most other photographers were using EI
>>800-1600 print film.  On my R6 I was using F2 lenses which were still a
>>stop or more faster than the other photographers lenses.  This still
>>allowed me to use the EI 320 slide film.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Robert
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