Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe it is a typo, printed 60mm instead of 50mm sl - ---------- >From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] salgado lenses >Date: Tue, Jun 1, 1999, 11:53 AM > >>> >>> >Some days ago a friend of mine asked me about the leica equipment used by >>> >Sebastiao Salgado. I knew that he used both M and R systems but I have no >>> >info about the lenses. According to his photos he seems to respect HCB >>> >tradition and to avoid extreme focal distances (no 28, no 200mm) Does >>> >anybody have further information not only about the Focal distances but >>>also >>> >about the lens models? >>> > >>> >Thanks >>> >carlos >>> >> >> >>Check out this website: >> >>http://rtt.colorado.edu/~keivom/salgado.html >> >>-- >>Carl Socolow >> >>http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/ > > > >thanks carl, it's a great interview. > >for those too lazy to visit the site and read it, here's the 'technical' >passage: > >KL: I understand you like to work with only a little equipment >and that you don't like to use an assistant. > >Š > >SS: I work with three cameras and three lenses. I work with >Leicas and my lenses are really very good. I trust my cameras. I >work with short lenses. I use the 28mm lens, the 35mm lens and the 60mm >lens. I work only in 35mm format. I have a small bag so I can carry all >my films with me for one or two months. That means I am completely >independent and free. > > With the new Kodak film, the T-Max P3200, you can use available >light all the time and never need a flash. Recently, I worked in a coal >mine in India, and I "pushed" my film to 12,000 ASA. It is >incredible! Outside, I use Tri-X film which I rate at 200 ASA to >800 ASA. It is very easy to work and not very complicated. >