Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
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Speaking of photographers with poor eyesight, or even more amazing,
photographers who are legally or functionally blind, Aperture just published
last year a gorgeous book on the subject of blind photographers, titled
appropriately, Shooting Blind. It is a moving volume, and poses some
interesting questions about how we see, and what we see. There are many
blind photographers ... Evgen Bavcar, Flo Fox, Gerardo Nigenda, among
others. Bavcar has some interesting things to say about the differences
between the visual, and the visible.
"My task is the reunion of the visible and the invisible worlds; photography
allows me to pervert the established method of perception amongst those who
see and those who don't." ... and ... "Each photo I create must be
perfectly ordered in my head before I shoot. I hold the camera to my mouth
in order to photograph those I speak to. Autofocus helps me, but I can
manage on my own: it is simple, my hands measure the distance and the rest
is achieved by the desire for images that inhabits me."
I suspect that even with their visual difference ("seeing" differently from
most of the rest of the world) that not all blind or visually impaired
photographers use autofocus ... focus is not necessarily the requisite
hallmark of a photographic image. Don't we use the unfocused as a tool of
expression? What about bokeh? (Thanks, Mark R!)
Kit
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
Collier
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:27 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Autofocus Leica R
I used to agree with Doug but have since run across a few people who
have such poor eyesight they need auto focus. Mind you that is not very
many people for the plethora of AF cameras out there...
No plans for AF here,
John Collier
On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 03:56 PM, Douglas Herr wrote:
> lea <lea@whinydogpress.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd be first in line to have one....
>
> The combination of an APO lens and an SL, SL2, R8 or R9 viewfinder
> makes focussing too easy to make AF worth discussing (IMHO).
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