Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > > > >I feel that the point that the article (and, in turn,Tina) > > was trying to make > > >is that you are far more likely to capture the character and > > ambience of your > > >subject using a discrete 35mm camera (such as the Leica) than using a > > >Hasselblad or 5" x 4" camera. And just try shooting sport > > on either of the > > >others! > > I saw a story a few years ago about a fellow who was shooting motor racing > with a 'blad and the longest lenses they made (and a 45 degree prism). > While the images were perfectly acceptable, it put me in mind of the line > about the dancing bear - the wonder is not that he dances so well, but that > he dances at all! > > Paul Chefurka A guy I know who shoots that for a living uses 100 speed film to get the swish blurring backgrounds. The added saturation he doesn't mind either. Slightly on topic here he experimented with Novaflex stuff on and off. Mark Rabiner