Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado now great image/camera ?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:25:54 -0700
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On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:15 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> Traditionally - perhaps.
>
> If you saw Geoff's recent print shared in the print exchange
> you may think differently about the M8 as a landscape tool.
>
> I'm not sure how large a print he could take it to.
> But at 8x10 it looks like a contact print from an 8x10 negative.

yes, I agree the M8 can do wonders, especially at 8X10...

but, as a chosen landscape tool... ?

would you use a view camera for street photography?


Steve





>
> Stunning really.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> this is a terribly interesting discussion Geoff, and the points you  
>> mention, really get me thinking further about something I already  
>> deeply believe,
>>
>> the quest for technical excellence above spontaneity and content  
>> would certainly force me to consider large format, super large  
>> negatives, or whatever  :-)  , as well as a tripod...
>>
>> striving for that level of pure technical excellence, would not  
>> have me using a hand held camera with a cropped sensor, designed  
>> for quick and discrete street shooting, capturing spontaneity...
>>
>> as I see it, these are  two quite different goals, the  
>> accomplishment of each one being very difficult, and the where  
>> withall to do each, at cross purposes...
>>
>
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