Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, Good portrait, good lens, good technique. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/20/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > Last year, I picked up a Nikon S3 commemorative set on ebay. I mostly > wanted > the 50/1.4 lens as the new Summilux 50/1.4 asph cost twice as much as I > paid > for the Nikon body + lens. The new 50/1.4 Nikkor is *astonishingly good*. > If > Nikon wanted to put the squeeze on Leica, Voigtlander, and Zeiss Ikon, it > could probably do it with some sort of commitment to chase the RF market > these days. And they would upset the balance badly by simply offering the > 50/1.4 in M mount for a reasonable price. After all, Zeiss Ikon offered no > fast lenses in M mount. But I digress..... > > HCB's documentary mentions that he took portraits by simply sitting and > talking with the person and then POW! He snaps the shot. I can only really > do that with cigarette smokers who are banished from our buildings and > must > take refuge outside. The subject here, Tim Baker, is a very gifted actor > and > director who could make it big in New York or Los Angeles but chooses to > share his talent with our students. I don't know if he was being natural > here or if he was acting, but I don't like portraits with smiles, so this > one worked for me. > > http://www.400tx.com/2006-15.html > > Comments welcomed and appreciated. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >