Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Michael Kenna book
From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:03:29 +0100

Thank you, John.  I envy you the chance to take his class!

At 8:00 am +0100 25/2/00, John McLeod wrote:
>I took a class from him 7 or 8 years ago.  He was using Nikons -- FMs I
>believe.  He seemed to have little interest in the technical details of the
>lenses, bodies, and all.  He commented that he went through quite a few
>bodies because he'd leave them out on a tripod in sometimes rainy or windy
>weather at night.  Once, I think he said he was doing some night photography
>and a cow knocked over the pod and he lost a camera body.

Little interest he shows in equipment details is very understandable.  He
seems to be meticulous with framing and needs long exposure.  So his choice
should be a mechanical SLR....

Cheers,

Mikiro