Re: [Leica] First Time Choice of Leica Bodies (long)

[Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>]

Sometimes one has to sacrifice a little composition in order to capture the
decisive moment!
AGS
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From: <DFangon@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] First Time Choice of Leica Bodies (long)


> In a message dated 4/24/02 4:22:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ahh@juniper.net
> writes:
>
> << If you're already thinking in terms of buying a whole collection
>  of Leica stuff, you're probably on the wrong track, >>
>
> Could you elaborate a little on this.  I also started with an M6 and the
50,
> in this case a 50/2.8.  My experience was that the 50 was too limiting and
> that I wished for at least a 35/2 in many photo opportunities I was faced
> with.
>
> One particular instance was when I was in downtown San Francisco.  Powell
St.
> Station (of the Bay Area Transit System) off Market street is a known hub
of
> chess players of all kinds, masters, hustlers, patzers, tourists etc. and
> from all nationalities, Russians, Eastern Europeans, Filipinos, Indians
etc.
> I proceeded to take pictures of chess players and their games all lined up
in
> one long column.  Not too long after, a woman sauntered off to the right
of
> the frontmost game, smiled and signalled to me that she wanted her picture
> taken.  Sure, I obliged, and as I was adjusting the focus, she proceeded
to
> pull up her shirt!   With a 50/2.8 on my lens, I could get her isolated
> beautifully but the picture meant so much more if I could frame her with
the
> chess players.  I proceeded to do this after one take by stepping back but
> increasing the distance between us inconvenienced many passers by who had
to
> either stop on their tracks or were forced to change directions to avoid
> cutting between us.  By this time, she quickly lost interest, pulled her
> shirt down and went on her way.  Oh if only I had a 35 instead of that
darn
> 50.  I still pine at the few frames could have a taken that morning.
>
> By the way, the chess players never even looked up.  To them, the incident
> was more of a distraction than anything else.  It would have provided an
> ironic angle, a streaker in the midst of the most disinterested group of
men
> she could ever find.
>
> My advice, start with an M6 and a 35/2.0
>
> Dante
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