Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to his book, 90% of his M work is with the 21, 35 Summicron and 90 Summicron and the rest with a 50 Summilux. (The photos in his books are evidently a culmination of different eras of his career because some of the 21 and 35 shots are with the S/A and 35/2.8 Summaron.) There are a few shots by other photographers in the Leica M book but they are not identified as having been shot with Nikon. Perhaps the most admirable thing about Mr. Bower is that although his books are a testament to the Leica, he never makes a single chauvinistic remark proposing Leica as optically or mechanically superior to any other marque. Interestingly, the section on "Equipment" in "Lens, Light, and Landscape" omits the Leica Reflex entirely: instead the Canon EOS is captioned "modern35mm SLR"; although Hasselblad, Rollei, and Linhof are pictured for medium and large format. I had heard that Bower no longer uses the Leica Reflex, but we pro photographers are a notoriously fickle lot! Regards, Nigel On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:30:29 -0600 Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> writes: >Isn't this the photographer who uses primarily the 21 Elmarit-M and 35 >Summilux-M? If I remember correctly, the book of his that I saw had a >few Nikon >exposures from another photographer that looked pretty bad when >compared to the >Leica stuff. >Bud > >> Nigel wrote: >> >> "I am forever beholden to Mr. Bower for having awakened me to the >feasibility >> of using the Leica M for all-round scenic photography. His "Lens, >Light and >> Landscape" is a fine book IMHO." > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]