Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]exactly. this is kind of like the rumor that Ansel Adams had another zone known only to himself. Selgado could take great pictures with a disposable, probably, because he knows how to get his butt where those great pictures are and sees them when he is there. If you sit around worrying about which lens he uses, or which metering system, you miss the point. The tool is 5 percent. He is the other 95. Whoever does his printing deserves a hunk of that 95 percent as well. As one who labors long in the dark, I know how much a difference that makes as well. ctrentelman ogden m-3 and 50 year old lenses great images utah In a message dated 8/12/01 1:09:05 AM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << Arrrgh !!!! Soon, someone will write: "I am going first thing Monday morning and buying the same gear as Salgado, (HCB, EWS, whoever) then my pictures will be as good as his." Granted, you are talking about photography but isn't it time to leave off the hero worship? Go make pictures and feel better. Henry if my minivan had a 500 hp V8 it would beat your BMW if frogs had wings -------- >DR. BLACK TAPE RESPONDS by saying that what you note is true....Salgado >does have the technological advantage...although I doubt his exposures >come from simply automatic metering...;-)....And HCB used Ms as well as >earlier IIIs....and he had the "advantage" of the M >summilux.....AND....the 3200 films are certainly an advantage in terms >of capturing the otherwise uncapturable, but they sure aren't any >advantage in terms of image quality....just my .01 cent worth...:-) > > >>