RE: [Leica] Leica & Zeiss & HCB

[Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

Greetings Mark!

	Sad to say, knowing every single trick will never enable me to take
even one picture to match Cartier-Bresson's average image.  Indeed, one of
his tricks was to never set foot in the dark room, so you'll have to hold a
seance to converse with the late (I believe) Henri Gassman, H.C.-B.'s
darkroom magician.  As to his equipment...I suppose using almost any 1930 or
so vintage Leica and 50 will put one in his league at least as far as
equipment is concerned.  Unfortunately, his eyes are presently in use by
someone else.

	Buzz

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Rabiner [SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net]
> Sent:	Friday, February 05, 1999 2:16 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] Leica & Zeiss & HCB
> 
> Alan Ball wrote:
> > 
> > Jeffrey Hausner wrote:
> > > ...snip....
> > > his pictures speak for themselves and are not an
> > > advertisement for one brand over another marque.
> > 
> > Buzz,
> > Nice to read such a statement on this list. But aren't we using Leica M
> > today at least partly believing that -behind the red dot- we are
> > carrying  the soul of HCB and many others ? Like some sort of scalp or
> > magic talisman ? ;-)
> > 
> > Alan
> 
> In reference to "his pictures speak for themselves..."
> Me, I'm not an Art Historian or an esthetician. I'm a photogeek. I wana
> know how he did it. I wanna know what kind of lens cap he uses. I wana
> know what camera, film, developer, shutter speed, f stop, special
> viewfinder,  whip and megaphone, paper, enlarging lens, what he had for
> breakfast that morning, how long he ages his stopbath. I'm not just
> content with sitting back and admiring it. It's like magic tricks, I
> don't think they're entertaining if the guy at the end doesn't tell you
> how he did it, its just frustrating. I'm a photographer and anything
> pertaining to photography gets my interest. 
> Is the an esthetician users group? If so I'll get the digest and make a
> contribution when I'm in that frame of mind. This? This is nuts and
> bolts and you name it including any esthetic ruminating one might have.
> IMO
> Mark Rabiner