Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HCB occasionally shot with a 35mm and very, very rarely used a 90mm. --Bill On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > ?The 50 is exactly what the human eye sees, without any distortion,? said > Mr. Delay, 53," > A quaint myth from decades gone by. Most people shooting that stuff now > would do it with an ultra wide to wide zoom and to be caught with just a 50 > would leave them dumbfounded. > The human eye sees with a 180mm F/3.4 Apo-Telyt-R in sharp focus but as in > inset to a bokeh rich out of focus 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M Aspherical > extending to way out to the edges otherwise known as peripheral vision. > The "discipline" of just using a 50 is just groovy I'm sure a lot of people > are wondering what he'd have brought back from these intense shooting > experiences fully equipped at least with a wide and a Tele to back him up > -or those countless times when a 50 is just not going to get the shot. > > Me I leave the house everyday with a lens on my camera and seldom another > lens in by side bag which is when I'm working for myself but If I'm working > for others I sure have myself covered in the wide and tele departments. .. > As I'm just not going to confuse the wonderfulness of single lens > "austerity" with just not giving a rats ass when I'm on someone else's > dime. > This guy is apparently living some place for a year then sending in the pix > he gets to call it as he wants to - its a bit of a luxury. > > By the way a misconception HCB did ALL of his work with a 50. He did MOST > of > his work with a 50 had at least a wide in his bag when he was working for > Magnum - not just himself. It seems possible he never used a tele. > > > On 9/4/13 4:14 PM, "Robert D. Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > ==On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: > > > > The New York Times recently ran an article about Jerome Delay, > chronicling > >> the humanitarian struggles in Mali. > >> > >> What made this particularly interesting, at least to me, that his > equipment > >> is utterly simple: one camera, and one 50/1.4 lens. > >> > >> Perusing through his work, the most remarkable aspect of his images is > the > >> transparency and immediacy. With the "normal" perspective that the lens > >> provides, it removes all distractions such as geometric distortion, > >> perspective exaggerations, and peeping-tom voyeurism so prevalent on > >> today's pages. > >> > >> These images speak very powerfully, not because of the super-high-tech > >> (which it is) wizardry, but how distractions caused by unnatural > >> perspectives are eliminated. Yet, his works have depth and focus that > many > >> other photographers try to create using super-wide or super-tele lenses. > >> Even the crooked horizon in a couple of of the photographs isn't > >> distracting. > >> > >> > >> > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/the-lens-is-standard-the-photos-anyt > >> hing-but/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > An interesting story and some excellent work. Thanks for sharing. > > > > --Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >