Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bruce5@attglobal.net wrote: > I know some of you must view your Leica as a means (the tool) to an end > (unique photographs). Equipment aside, I'm interested in what you think > the 2 or 3 most important techniques are that made your best pictures > your, well, best pictures. In other words, what have you learned/what > do you know now, that you wish you knew when you started? > > Thanks for sharing your talent, > > Bruce Bruce, An interesting question. One, perhaps, too worthy of the LUG :-). First, I always, always keep a camera with me: Usually my M6 loaded with TMax 400 and the 35 pre-Asph Summicron. Second, I have learned to set the camera without looking. I know how many clicks on the shutter dial to any given setting. That's one reason I won't buy an M6 TTL because the shutter dial turns in the oppositte direction of my other M bodies. Using the tab on the 35 Summicron I also know where I'm focused before the camera comes to my eye. Third, I work very hard at being sensitive to and attuned to my environment. I try to be completely aware of all going on around me. I try to anticipate people's movement and actions. As a student of human nature I try to see a potential photograph before it happens so that I'm ready for it with the above-mentioned techniques of pre-setting focus and exposure. Best wishes to you and all LUG members for the holidays, the new year, and the next millenium. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/