Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DAVE YODER wrote: > > I'm wondering if this M-heavy crowd might be errantly assuming Salgado > wouldn't use an R unless it were to compensate for an M shortcoming (the > 60mm Macro debate). In my pre-Leica days, way before I thought I could > ever afford to be part of the club, I think I recall Salgado using R's > (gasp!) predominantly. I'm foggy but I think I also recall a picture of > him, drenched black in oil from sabotaged Kuwaiti wells, with more than > one Leica SLR hanging from him. > > Dave Y. Does he use the macro capabilities of the lens much? If not why would he use the lens? Precise framing? The groundglass? Mark Rabiner