Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An Angenieux lens on my Gitzo Tripod. The connector thingie is called a "camera". Its ok for those to not be made in France. They just keep the film dark. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:26:42 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M Monochrom > > the client knew nothing; Angenieux ARE the dream lenses period! > the rest is imagination or fantasy ;-) > Philippe, father of two > well, ang?nieux I mean > > > Le 13 juin 12 ? 23:17, Sonny Carter a ?crit : > >> Once I had just been delivered a new 9.5-57 Angenieux zoom lens for >> our >> production camera, and a client hands me a pair of pantie hose. He >> wants >> me to put the over the lens to add a "dreamy quality" to the image. >> >> I explained that once the dream is there, it can't be undreamed. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> Thinking about the MM, I find myself wondering why one would pay a >>>> $1000 >>>> premium for an already extremely expensive digital camera stripped >>>> of >>>> what, for me, is one of the greatest attractions of digital - the >>>> ability >>>> to think black and white, produce wonderful black and white >>>> images, but >>>> always have a color "negative." Shooting with a color sensor >>>> allows me to >>>> go back to my images years later and discover something that I >>>> thought >>>> should be a black and white image is, in fact, extraordinary in >>>> color. >>>> Yes, taking off the bayer filter allows for an otherworldly level of >>>> sharpness. But photography, for me at least, is not about etching >>>> with a >>>> razor blade, it's about catching moments that show us things about >>>> the >>>> human condition we see every day yet fail to see because they are >>>> so much >>>> a part of our lives. I don't care about being able to count the >>>> number of >>>> fibers in the thread holding a button onto someone's collar, I >>>> instead to >>>> see the joy, or pain, in their eyes. >>> >>> End of quite rant. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information