Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a helluva deal!;-) As I've said before many times, I love my Ms - they really work for me, helping me to do what I want to do in terms of image creation. Obviously, if owning a Leica is going to get someone to BE THERE more often, if it's going to get them to see more of the world around them, and if it's going to help them capture that world on film, then the Leica, whatever the model, lens, etc., is the best camera - for them. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve Unsworth Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:57 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Breaking the rules. B. D. I'll swap your Leicas for my box brownie :-) But of course you right, if you don't have a camera and film, you can't take a photograph. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: 30 December 2001 20:04 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Breaking the rules. God Bless You Henry!!! I've started writing, and then deleted, literally three messages today on this very subject. I can't help wondering how the world of photography managed to exist prior to the later Leica SMs, and the Ms, and how anyone now takes a decent photo without using a Leica?...Anyone interested in seeing if it's possible might take a look at the Newseum's book containing all the Pulitzer photos, with information about how they were taken. Not only are there very, very few Leica photos, there are NO 35 mm photos until the early 60s! Remember that amazing shot of the Japanese legislator being stabbed to death on stage by a right-wing fanatic with a sword? Shot with a Speed Graphic, as was virtually everything else - with the exception of about 2 Rollei shots and one or two Hasselblads - until about 1963. It is astounding to see what PJs managed to get without that great Leica glass that can resolve the hair right off the nts of a gnat! And what they managed to get 4x5 film holders...oh, and then there is the Pulitzer Prize winning photo taken by a young woman with her box Brownie...no joke. Okay, okay, I know the "rule" is 'f8 and be there.' But the reality is BE THERE. BE THERE with film. BE THERE with vision. BE THERE and be OPEN to what's happening around you. BE THERE with what ever kind of camera and/or lens suits you best. But BE THERE. And that rule applies whether you are shooting the bottom of Adlei Stevenson's shoe, or the jelly on your granddaughter's face - or rocks, trees and barns. BE THERE. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:21 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Breaking the rules. Let's not get carried away by the Leica M's capability. Being able to handhold to take pictures at 1/4 sec is more of the ability of the photographer than the camera. Admittedly it does not have a reflex mirror to induce vibration, but quite frankly mirror flapping is only detrimental to closeup macro. But then one would lock the mirror to take such photos. - --- Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com> wrote: > A nice thing about Leicas is the ability to break > the rules. Handholding > at a ridiculous 1/4 of a second is an example of > this. I figure one stop > of grace is attributable to the camera being a > rangefinder, and the > second is Tom's Softy. > > It was just an experiment, but comments welcome > anyway. > > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/lowlight.html > > Simon Stevens > > P.S. Challenge: Can anyone manage 1/2 a second with > a handheld, unbraced > Leica? :-) > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html