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Subject: [Leica] Re:Skin tone - film vs. digital (not a debate)
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Mon Sep 4 06:21:27 2006
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My goodness, yes, now I recall your trip. I'll have another look
through the photos when I get  a chance.

I recall that Salgado used a Pentax 645 for whale shots, but
I imagine he could hand hold the 645 or the boat was bigger
than a Zodiac - or both :-)

Scott

Alastair Firkin wrote:

> Well, it was the user not the camera ;-) I was all set to use a  
> tripod and long lenes etc, but in reality, most of the really good  
> opportunities came on the Zodiac's and the 'blad was a little  
> "cumbersome" especially when I tried to set up the tripod ;-) There  
> are some b/w images of ice I'm happy with, but my slides were mostly  
> wrongly exposed: its quite "harsh" light and I needed more  
> "experience" , so that's where the instant feed back wiht the digital  
> was most useful
>
> Antarctica is one of the best trips I've ever had and I would  
> strongly recommend it to anyone. Our images are at:
>
> http://stmaarten.globat.com/%7eafirkin.com/NewSite/Antarctica/ 
> AntarcticPages.html
>
> If you have not already seen them.
>
>
> On 04/09/2006, at 19:08, Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>
>> OK, I'm curious. What nasties plagued the Hasselblad shots?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> p.s. Antarctic? Wow! I'm jealous :-)
>>
>> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>
>>> I have been thrashing around since I came home from the Antarctic.  
>>> My  Hasselblad shots were few and far between in success, but the  
>>> Olympus  Digital was certainly a winner. So it occurred to me that  
>>> with Helen  winning a trip to the arctic, I may be forced to look  
>>> at digital:  perhaps the DMR. How do you find it handles for  nature 
>>> work?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> On 03/09/2006, at 19:53, Douglas Herr wrote:
>>
>
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