Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For my 2 euro cents worth, Yes it matters or rather it can. Certainly you have to BE there with a camera firstly. Here's a hypotheseis, same great photographer, same scene and composition and skill applied. Why would you NOT want the best quality lens and capture medium possible? Of course the content and skill of the photographer make the photo. However I never understood why using the best tool you can should be denigrated. I have at home a magnificent print made from an original Ansel Adams large format negative. The print is simply a joy to view. Now I'll say that I stood in the same spot as a casual tourist and was privileged to experience some not dis-similar weather. I naturally claim no originality or in any way comparable skill to the master photographer. But the simple reality is that I achieved a superbly detailed image using the best glass available and the exposure system of my M8. Put Ansel in his original spot with say the S2 in his hands (or a Hasselblad with 60MP back or something) and transfer his master printers skills to Photoshop and contemplate the possibilities. I just bought a modest book of HCB photographs. Same scenario, would any of his photographs have been worse or better with modern M glass and exposure metering? 2009/6/2 Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > > At 11:16 AM -0700 6/1/09, Steve Barbour wrote: >> >>> On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:57 AM, David Rodgers wrote: >>> >>> Sadly the Times failed to address the highly charged but critically >>>> important question of, "Does he or does he not use a camera with an AA >>>> filter, and is he forced to sharpen his images?" >>>> >>> >>> >>> I'm wondering if there is an example of a truly great photo, >>> that would not be a truly great photo, >>> if it was taken with some other camera...? >>> >>> >>> thanks, Steve >>> >>> >> Ansel Adam's Moonrise, taken on 50's Agfacolour in a Minox... :-) >> > > thanks Henning, > > good point, > > you proved my point exactly.... > > > Steve > > > > > >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman