Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > > You stand in front of a tree with your F5 and I'll stand > > in front of it with my M6 and ASPH glass and lets both > > make 16 by 20s and see who's got the value. > > Dear god is that what you do with your cameras? If you're just going to > shoot trees why don't you spend the $400 and get a Speed Graphic and shoot > tree bark in 4x5 a heck of a lot sharper than any Leica shot you're ever ><Snip> shots that will be > remembered for a long long time, and I've no doubt that that there are > closets full of super-sharp pictures of tree bark that will never stir > anyone's soul. > > kc Tree bark? That's a sub specialty I'm not checked in on yet. And macro stuff is less of a Leica M thing. No I mean the first thing that comes to mind to point my camera at- A tree. I have no problem with shooting a tree. Trees are fine. "I think that I will never see...." Mark Rabiner