Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/10

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Subject: [Leica] Re: indecisive moment
From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:13:20 -0700

Exceptions to every generality, obviously, but by and large, the 
use of a tripod does, indeed, say everything about what kind of 
a picture will come out.


On 10 Oct 2000, Robert Appleby wrote, at least in part:

> Actually, many of the iconic "decisive moments" could just as well
> have been captured using a tripod: the man jumping across a
> puddle, the cyclist going past the curving stairs and many others.
> You surely don't think that they only shot _one_ frame of those
> events, do you? Using a tripod is simply a matter of personal
> choice that says absolutely nothing about the kind of picture
> that's going to come out. Just look at Bruce Davidson's East 100th
> Street (or whatever) - all done with large format - not handheld!

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Roger
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