Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking of Geographic photographers and Leicas, while you're at the NatGeo site, check out the photos and comments of David Alan Harvey. He shoots (exclusively, I believe) with an M6 and usually a 35. He shoots Provia (exclusively and beautifully). He recounts how he tells his workshop students to take all their cameras and lenses back to their rooms, pick out one body and one lens and us THAT for the week. Oh, he also uses a Vivitar 2800 to pop a little light into a scene from time to time. Sleek, simple, fine. Rob Schneider - --------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 19:28:35 -0400 > From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M advice wanted > > > Reputations have been built on Leica Ms and reversal film. Look at > William Albert Allard's work in Nat'l Geographic for example: > > http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/photography/allard/index.html > > What really blows me away with his work is how he uses color and lets it > shift all over the place. I do commercial work and I'm always obsessing > about color criticality. I wish I could do what he does and have my > clients accept it. > > Or check out Nina Berman's work on Times Square where she comments on > her camera of choice: "My Times Square work is quiet, and I don’t use a > flash. I feel very strongly about not wanting to bring any other light > into the place. I shoot with a Leica M6, and that helps." > http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/berman/qanda.html > > Anyway, when I travel abroad I've learned two things. If I take too many > lenses I get caught up in figuring which lens to use instead of just > making photos. I've learned to make the lens fit the scenario. That > being said, I bring a 21 Elmarit, a 35 Summicron which I almost always > have mounted on the M6 on my chest, a 50mm Summilux for when I want to > deal with low light. This I keep mounted on my M3 for focusing accuracy. > I just bought a 75 Summilux (whoopee) which I plan to bring as my long > lens for portraiture. Odds are I'll probably end up using the 35 > Summicron as I usually do most of the time. > > Have a great time. > - -- > Carl Socolow > > http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/