Re: [Leica] David Hamilton, only a 50, and photographic success

[david place <dvplace@top.net>]

Stephen (& all) ... perhaps its more that dh lucked upon a combination that worked
for him &/or he found some 'technique' which worked with the equipment .... either
one ... the result is the same .... though from a different angle ..... you may still
be looking .... or you may look forever ... I too have been down the equipment road
... changing equipment like a train changes tracks .......... [one's solution is not
another's] ..... anyhow .... good imaging along the way, dplace

> the irony is that David Hamilton would achieve world wide fame by using the
> simplest equipment, using what is usually considered an amateur's camera.   his
> success makes for a good argument that most photographer's (including me)
> pre-occupation with different lenses is really just a mental excuse for their own
> lack of ability and imagination.
>
> Stephen Gandy
>