Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Check out the newest PHOTO Techniques. There is an article titled "Truth >and Beauty: The Gestalt of Small vs. Large Format" by Mike Johnston. It's >very good and very true. Read the whole article, but the final observation >is: "Great 35mm pictures are truthful impressions of the world: records, >observations, or reports of reality.....Great large-format photographs >express an individual's consciousness, and feelings and ideas about form, >beauty, and spirit." I can guess what format Mike Johnston has for a favorite. Would bad large-format photographs express an individual's consciousness, and feelings and ideas about form, beauty, and spirit. ? >I contend that 35mm can also accomplish what is >ascribed to large-format, but large-format cannot accomplish what is >ascribed to 35mm. Comments? Where does "large format" begin? Anything bigger than 35? I just don't think any of this really matters. Please yourself! Use whatever gear you want. > >Leically, > >Tina Training to be an old grump, Henry Ambrose Having said this I may read the article. :)