Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:16:13 -0500 >From: "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica love fest... from Luminous Landscape! >Something about this doesn't ring true. If the quality of his images >is the be-all and end-all of his existence, then why is he working >with miniature-format cameras at all? Certainly Leica lenses are top >rank, but the kind of stuff he's shooting is more naturally suited so >a larger negative, and 35mm Efke25 behind a `cron, as lovely as it >is, is going to be simply blown away by 4x5 Efke25 behind a >SuperAngulon or any of half-dozen other high-end optics. Can't beat >square inches for the kinds of subjects he's shooting. > >R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com >Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com ............................................................................. I think Pete Myers is expressing what I feel too. Leica rangefinders seem to be the most symbiotic cameras for many of us; they represent the most minimal instrument between us and our pictures. My hands and eye and psyche are most satisfied by the feel of an M. What I read in the text is that the end-all for him is high-quality with simplicity, portability, and pleasure of use. View cameras are simpler in concept, but come with encumbrances needed for their use; i.e. tripod, dark cloth, separate holders... You can like the pictures or not like them, but I don't think one should tell another what the proper tool is for their art. I got some my most interesting images of ice motorcycle racing with a 4x5 RB Auto Graflex and Verito diffused focus lens. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak Senior Photographer Visual Imaging Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee Information & Media Technologies amr3@uwm.edu (414) 229-6525