Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 Thank you! Phil Forrest On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:13:05 +0200 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Well I just googled him and read stuff from a quality Danish paper in > which his Greenland work is severely criticized. > > just because he has a commercial association with Leica does not mean > we should admire him. > > Nathan Wajsman > (sent from somewhere) > > > On 15/06/2012, at 20.28, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us8egbeZil0 > > > > Give this video a minute it evens out: > > We see here the photographer Jacob Au Sobol standing next to Dr. > > Andreas Kaufmann at the podium taken with a shaky video camera. Big > > screen behind them. Both guys in tee shirts and needing shaves. > > > > We learn that the previous video we just all saw of him on the LUG > > was the: 1. First time Jacob Au Sobol ever used a digital camera > > 2. First time he ever used a Leica camera. > > > > I'm at the point now where he is reunited with the Monochrom M at > > the podium as Dr. Andreas Kaufmann hands it too him. I'm not sure > > but it really seemed like an emotional moment. > > > > There are lots of other videos about this guy, Jacob Au Sobol on > > you tube. I've been learning a lot watching them. > > > > I think if you Googled and wiki'd and Binged Jacob Au Sobol the > > only place you're ever going to find anything negative writing > > about him is on an email list called the Leica Users group. > > > > - - from my iRabs. > > Mark Rabiner > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > > >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:10:48 -0400 > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Final Sobol Photos with MM > >> > >> No, unfortunately it did not show you what the camera could do. > >> You have far less than no idea how what you saw on the screen > >> relates to what comes out of the camera. > >> > >> On 6/15/12 1:31 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I was annoyed about the MM before preferring that Leica had spent > >>> that R&D on updating the sensor in full color M9 and getting that > >>> camera out. Its been three years. > >>> But this video got me into the idea of working in pure black and > >>> white again. With my Leica glass. I was inspired by his working > >>> method and inspired by his end result. > >>> I showed nothing about the camera? > >>> It showed what the camera could do. > >>> It didn't teach you how to load an SD card or change lenses. > >>> I think the purpose of the video was to sell cameras. > >>> And I think it'd doing that. If I had the money I would fro sure > >>> by an M Monochrom and get my Leica glass going again. Possibly in > >>> the best way possible. > >>> > >>> - - from my iRabs. > >>> Mark Rabiner > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Lottermoser George <imagist3 at mac.com> > >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:49:43 -0500 > >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Final Sobol Photos with MM > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Did anybody watch this: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> http://blog.leica-camera.com/photography/m-system/arrivals-and-departure > >>>>> s-wit > >>>>> > >>>>> h-jacob-aue-sobol-episode-6-the-final-episode/?utm_source=feedburner&utm > >>>>> _medi > >>>>> um=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaCamera+%28Leica+Camera+Blog%29 > >>>>> > >>>>> What did you think? > >>>> > >>>> Delighted to have been introduced to this photographer / artist > >>>> Thank you Tina. > >>>> > >>>> Love the unexpected qualities of his photographs > >>>> (and his love for black and white image making) > >>>> > >>>> The film is not "about the camera." > >>>> The film is about "Sobol." > >>>> and > >>>> intriguing enough (to me) to spend some time with his work. > >>>> > >>>> Leica's saying, "this is an artist's camera." > >>>> I believe them. > >>>> Though of course non-artists will also buy them. > >>>> and some artists will buy them and not like them. > >>>> and many (color) artists will not buy one. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> George Lottermoser > >>>> george at imagist.com > >>>> http://www.imagist.com > >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest