Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chandos, It is indeed a nice picture and a good example of the type of photography one often associates with the Leica M. However, I wish you had put more pixels up there; on my monitor, the image looks slightly pixelated and too dark. I do not think it is a monitor problem, as other LUGgers' pages look fine. I think a better scan or less compression would do better justice to the shot. Nathan Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > Just to carry on for a little bit the thread that centered on RF as a "way > of Seeing." Eric and I exchanged views about the "leica" look. I don't > think that we argued so much as we talked at cross purposes. > > I've just posted an image that for me perfectly captures what I associate > with an RF "look". I can't imagine capturing such an image with any other > camera than an M or with any other lens than a 'lux. This represents for > me, at least, *one* of the meanings I associate with the Leica "look." > > Chandos > > See: http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown/photography/people/casey.htm > > Chandos Michael Brown > Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies > College of William and Mary > > http:www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html Belgium photo page: http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html