Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:44 PM 11/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >>That may be the reason behind Ansel Adam's great skill. He carried >his >>immense LF camera and made only a very small number of exposures. If >he >>blew it, he would have to carry everything and did it all over again. >Now >>that's what I call good reason for getting it right the first time. >It's >>like comparing a sniper and a man behind a machine gun. The 35mm AF >>motor-driven camera is like a machine gun. > >>Dan K. > >Ansel Adams made a habit of taking at least two negatives of >everything. He would process one negative first and determine if he >should change the developement for the second. He also commonly shot >the same image with a filter and one without or with a different >filter. He used Polaroid 4x5 Instant film at times to see the >composition and tonality. Ansel also took a lot of images that none of >us has ever seen....... > Ah...... now the truth about this great man is out. I also know why he prefers LF cameras. One negative at a time..... Dan K.