Re: [Leica] salgado lenses

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

Tina,

>>None of my Leica books list a 60mm lens.   There was a 65 that was
discontinued.  Does anybody know anything about the 60mm lens?<<

He's talking about the R lens.

Bryan





- ----- Original Message -----
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] salgado lenses


> At 12:42 AM 6/1/99 -0300, you wrote:
> >Some days ago a friend of mine asked me about the leica equipment used by
> >Sebastiao Salgado. I knew that he used both M and R systems but I have no
> >info about the lenses. According to his photos he seems to respect HCB
> >tradition and to avoid extreme focal distances (no 28, no 200mm) Does
> >anybody have further information not only about the Focal distances but
also
> >about the lens models?
> >
> >Thanks
> >carlos
>
>
> Here is what Salgado said in an interview by Mark Harris in the November,
> 1992, issue of Camera and Darkroom:
>
> SS:  I carry my film in a backpack that can handle around 220 rolls of
> film, enough for two or three months.  I use the old plastic boxes for
> slides to store the film.  I put nine boxes of five rolls per row, and
> there are five rows.  I used to roll my own film, but not anymore.  I
shoot
> Tri-X and now this fantastic film, T-Max 3200.  Shooting indoors and in
> low-light istuations with it is marvelous.  I now have the perfect freedom
> of movement for a photographer.  I can shoot inside and outside in the
same
> way.  I've pushed this film to 12,800 before.  It's a great film.
> C&D:  What type of camera equipment do you bring with you?
> SS:  Ninety-five percent of the time I use 28mm, 35mm and 60mm lenses
> mounted on three Leica bodies.   I don't like to change lenses.  I know
> these cameras and my film like the lines of my hand.
> C&D:  What about a flash?
> SS:  I had a small flash a few years ago until they came out with the
T-Max
> 3200.  It was a Vivitar 283. I never work with a flash anymore or with
> formats other than 35mm.
> C&D:  Do you still shoot color?
> SS:  Many years ago it was necessary, because it was not possible for me
to
> make a living shooting only black-and-white.  But once it was possible to
> live on my black-and-white, I stopped shooting color.  I don't see the
> world in color.  I don't pay attention to color and that's not good if
> you're shooting in color.  There are many photographers that shoot color
> well, but it's not for me.
> C&D:  What does black-and-white do for you that color doesn't?
> SS:  It's quieter, subtler.  Since I work a lot in the darkroom, I can
> reproduce what I felt while I was shooting.  Color is too real, too crude.
> Black and white allows you to have a degree of imagination.
>
> This is a very good interview, ten pages long with photos.
>
> None of my Leica books list a 60mm lens.   There was a 65 that was
> discontinued.  Does anybody know anything about the 60mm lens?
>
> Leically,
>
> Tina
>
>
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com/
>