Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would totally agree with you, these technical points are definately not as significant or interesting as the man, his work and his motivations. Did any one say it was more interesting? I had a chance to look through a copy of Inferno and it is a great book and well worth the time involved in viewing it. Regards, Paul Jones - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:59 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: War Photographer - James Nachtwey - OT > Funny - and here I thought that was most interesting and significant > about the film was Nachtwey's discussion of his motivations and his > photographic goals, and his apparent empathy with his subjects - not > whether he shoots at 125th or a 250th, or uses an EOS 1 or a 1v, or does > or does not use his autofocus. All we have to do to know that Nachtwey > shoots wide and low is look at some of his photos. All we have to do to > know that he meters carefully is look at some of his photos, which > reveal him to be as much of a craftsman as Salgado. (Actually, they > probably suggest that he is even more of a craftsman, given that he is > often photographing under far more difficult, time-constrained > conditions than Salgado. But what the documentary provides that the > photos don't, is a portrait of the photographer as a person. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Paul Jones > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:12 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: War Photographer - James Nachtwey - OT > > > Hi Howard, > > > Mr. Nachtwey > > uses two Canon EOS1 film cameras, > > I'm pretty sure the were 1n's or 1v's > > > one fitted with a wide angle zoom, > > a 17- 35 I think and the other with a fixed wide angle. > > Also a 28-70/2.8 > > > shoots his cameras on > > manual, with the shutter speed at 1/250 (or higher) > > He also shoots at 1/125 > > >and doesn't use > > autofocus, or at least manually adjusts the autofocus. > > It appears that he more often than not used autofocus, there is section > in the film where you can here it beeping as it locks on also. > > The DVD can be bought from Amazon in Germany, but you'll have to have a > DVD player than can play that region. > > Regards, > Paul > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html