Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me there is - I have the M6 - and it works flawlessly (and for some reason or other, it has a tripod socket). All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 02. lokakuuta 2000 14:12 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Erwin, photographic technique >But, if your purpose is technically perfect landscapes with a tripod on >slow film, why would you use Leica M's and not medium or large format? >Is there any advantage to an M in that situation? > >Tina > >At 01:13 AM 10/2/00 -0400, you wrote: >>Ted,Tina,and Walt, >> >>I gotta disagree here(of course)! >>Not everyone using 35mm (oops,the LEICA :>)) is a photojournalist on the >>run whose only preoccupation is to get something,anything, on film. >>Tripods,like fast lenses in low light,have their place where they shine and >>any self respecting photog has to know when to use each. >>There are literally tens of thousands of brilliant,riveting images out there >>all taken using a tripod,mirror lockup,etc that move people as much as any >>low light hand held reportage image. >>The guy who's shooting street conflict in Jerusalem,for example,using a tripod >>is as big a dummy as the guy who's shooting a handheld landscape at 1/4 sec >>with his Asph 35. Both may get the pic,but neither is maximizing their >>opporturity. >>You gotta know when to use the proper tools and technique. >> >>Rebuttals anyone?? >>MarkT > >Tina Manley, ASMP >http://www.tinamanley.com >