Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I, like Chris, bought the special edition of Photo whilst in Paris last week. They seem to do these special editions every so often as I have another one which I bought some time ago about Bresson (I think, but it may have been Doisneau). They are very good value. I also like the regular magazine which I struggle through with my limited knowledge of French! I have stood in front of the mirror (holding my M4-P in my hand) and I think that my hands appear as those of Boubat do - in other words the shutter release appears to be at the wrong end of the camera. But I did get very confused in my own mind as to what way round I would actually end up in the finished image, so I gave up. It could have something to do with my advancing years and the fact that I did not have a very attractive French girl hanging round my waist a la Boubat. Whilst talking about this particular image, I was amazed to see the large drying marks down it when I looked at it in more detail rather than just a glance. Nice to know that I am not the only one with this problem. Just to finish the point, could I refer Chris to the self-portrait top right on page 49? Imagine the camera now turned on its end - it would end up with the shutter release in the same place as on the earlier one. And the image bottom left on page 48 even shows the mirror - QED ;>) Regards gerry (UK) >> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:41:04 +0000 >> From: Christer Almqvist >> Subject: [Leica] Photo mag (F) Boubat special ed >> >> Not being a regular reader of the French 'PHOTO' I still screen it at the >> newsstand if I see it there, and yesterday I was lucky. I got my hands on >> their Special Edouard Boubat Edition. (Boubat died on 30 June this year). A >> very nice 68-page magazine with only one page of advertising (Delta 3200), >> and still lower priced that their regular issues. Most pictures were made >> using a Leica (and there are a lot of pictures of Leicas too in the auto >> portrait section!). >> >> You MUST get a copy if you are into b+.w. And then please explain to me how >> it comes Boubat keeps what seems to be the finger pressing the release on >> the wrong side of the top plate in the photos where the camera is held >> vertically. I do understand that left and right are the wrong way round in >> mirror pictures, but that is not the point here, after all the guy is not >> standing on his head, at least not in the picture on page 47! >>