Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lugnuts: relative to discussions on simple kits and color neg films I thought I'd pass this on. Antonin Kratochvil was in Tijuana for a photo conference last week. Unfortunately I was out of town and didn't get to spend time with him, but Leica shooter Robert Burroughs did. Antonin (who recently pu;blished book Broken Dream on eastern Europe), typically uses only one Nikon FE on auto exposure and a 24mm lens. That's it. Book was done with only that except cover with a 200mm Nikon Macro on loan. Tri-X and 3200 stuff. But----he had been hired (believe it or not) for a Sport Illustrated story on Portuguese festival in California, including a bull fight where bull is not killed. Robert told me he was jealous. Antonin carried only two FEs, his trusty 24, plus he telephono kit (hey, this is a sports story): a 50 and an 85. And two bricks of TriX and two bricks of color neg (since SI really wanted color). All in a small Domke. Freedom and a little bit of money. donal Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com