Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi BD. No longer distressed -- never was, in fact. And for me also a pleasure to cross paths. Just about any film about H C-B is worth seeing, I think. The man was his camera, was his format, and he was able to place that frame around any subject within his 50mm vision. What an eye, and how he optimized that limited instrument. It is good to see him alive, and impish, casually reviewing stacks of iconic images with humor. His comments were modest and his instructions simple (raising his hand to his eye, pointing a finger and "click" with astonishing speed). I think we got as much as we could out of essentially an interview with a very old, but still wise and quick, man. Interesting to see his printer working, and him reviewing prints. I sat too close not to be bothered by the excessively apparent digital image -- it looked as though the film should have been shown on TV, and perhaps it was intended for that venue, but that's a secondary consideration. Worth the trip. (And the shoebox suggestion to me was the best hospitality gift idea -- thanks, Don) bill h ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Distressed in Boston > Hey, Distressed - who it was a surprise and pleasure to run into at the > show > - > Aside from that godawful digital effect :-), what did you think of the > film? > > B. D. > > > On 1/19/06 10:31 PM, "bill harting" <vintagebill@verizon.net> wrote: > >> So I met an old friend at the MFA tonight to join him in a viewing of >> Henri >> Cartier-Bresson, the movie. Of course I brought my Leica along, hoping >> that >> proximity to the film would inspire my camera. But the film was really >> digitized video, so I'm not sure what kind of results I'll get. >> >> Anyway, the old friend is also an long-time Leica user; he has a nice >> black >> M2 and a modest array of lenses. I thought he might bring it, but >> instead, >> he brought his new digital camera. >> >> My question is, he brought along a gift for me, a roll of Ilford Delta >> 400, >> which he recommended highly. I had no such gift for him. I would have >> offered him one of my self-rolled TriX cassettes, but there was obviously >> no >> point to that. What, then, could I offer a digital user as a similar >> hospitality gift? >> A package of AAA batteries? >> >> Signed >> >> Distressed in Boston >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information