Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Would Ansel Adams shoot Leica
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:16:12 -0700
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At 11:38 PM 8/2/00 +1000, Miro Jurcevic wrote:
>I remember as a teenage watching Ansel Adams on television doing his work
>and thinking how wonderful photography must be when you have all the time in
>the world to sit and plan a shot. How often does any person have that
>experience, especially with an SLR or Rangefinder ?
>
>When you look at the bulk and size of a Hasselblad, it can only really be
>used in zero gravity or very carefully.
>
>Miro
>

For the first part, Ansel Adams did own and use a Leica, an R4.

For the second part, the Hasselblad is an extremely agile hand holdable
camera. You obviously have never owned or used one or you would not have
said what you did.

Jim

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