[Leica] Norton or Bower

[Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>]

Yes, I did confuse Norton with Bower and the Bower book I remember seeing was
all shot with the 21 and 35 Leica lenses with a few shots from another using
a couple of Nikon lenses.

I enjoyed both books.
Bud

"N. B. Watson" wrote:

> I believe you have him confused with Boyd Norton.  Boyd's book on
> landscape photography (I can't remember the exact title) contains images
> shot mostly with Leica R's and a great number with a 70-210 zoom.  It
> also contains shots made with 55 Micro-Nikkor, 105 Nikkor (not sure if it
> was the Micro or not), and a 180 Nikkor (probably not the latest ED-IF
> version...given the camera and film used it probably pre-dates the latest
> version).  He does indeed favour the 400/560 Telyts because of their
> light weight and break-apart design, and accepts their slow speed "now
> that Kodachrome 200 is available"...gives you some indication of when
> parts of the book must have been originally written.  IMHO, the images in
> Norton's book are technically fine, and Boyd is a well-known workshop
> leader in the US; however I would much prefer to hang Brian Bower's
> images on *my* walls.
>
> Regards,
> Nigel
>
> On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:26:02 -0600 Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> writes:
> >I think I have Mr. Bower confused with another person.  If I now have
> >the right
> >person in mind, Mr. Bower has used and liked the 400/560 Telyts very
> >much and
> >also doesn't think much of auto focus.
> >I suppose I shouldn't rely on my memory and go check it out.
> >Bud