Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A l i c e is an anagram of L e i c a as some of you may have noticed. I haven't found anything like it with other brands, yet. And can't make anything with AG either. Thanks for the link ph Tina Manley wrote: > At 07:50 PM 5/16/2009, you wrote: > >> Anybody seen Fur?? It's the imaginary biography of Diane Arbus >> starring Nicole Kidman. Should I look out for an imaginary Leica? >> >> Douglas > > > Probably not: > > http://www.greeneone.net/arbus/ > "Diane made another profound change with her camera. Previously, she > had been using a Leica, which is a 35-millimeter camera. When used > with the popular films, the pictures often exhibit a significant > amount of grain. The visual perspective is that the grain slightly > obscures the image. To Diane, grain was another version of a mask and > undesirable. So she switched to a rollei medium format camera that > offered two advantages. The camera provided sharper prints and less > grain. In following her thread on realty, I believe that Diane wanted > to remove any barrier that separating the film from the soul of her > subject. In addition, the camera also had the ergonomic location > advantage of being held at waist level. So, Diane was able to maintain > a better connection with her subjects." > > Tina > > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >