[Leica] Mr. B. D. Colen speaks

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks, Tina.  I thought that you would still take those inside shots in 
B&W.

Anyone who thinks this place is a tough crowd should try the LUF. 
Somebody there mentioned B.D.'s article, and the trash talk is now 3 
pages long. They even go after Ted for his clothes/souls line. You'd 
think that someone had just denied the existence of a Supreme Being on a 
fundamentalist site.  The consensus among the majority loudmouths is 
that obviously B.D. and Ted know nothing about photography, or they 
wouldn't have made such statements.   The reasonable folks occasionally 
pipe up but are drowned out.  :-)

Reminds me why I only go there occasionally to get the news. It's a big 
world with room for many styles, but some folks don't know that. Poor 
devils.  :-)

--Peter

 > Hi, Peter -
 >
 > I missed your first post because we have been out working in the 
garden in
 > the few hours it hasn't rained here lately!
 >
 > Yes, I would have made the photos in B&W even if I had color 
available.  In
 > fact, I always carried two cameras, one with color and one with B&W film.
 >  I used B&W normally for people and for when I needed high speed - 
most of
 > the time inside dark adobe houses!  I think I would still use B&W 
even with
 > the high ISO digital available today.  That's why I've got the MM camera
 > now.  I just love B&W for people.  The Guatemalan people use color as 
part
 > of their identity and it seems a shame to remove that so most of my
 > Guatemalan people are in color.  I do have some of the women working in
 > their houses in B&W, though.
 >
 > Ted is right about clothes and souls!
 >
 > Tina
 >