Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim, > Well - you are obviously - I know number of LF photographers who really > aren't bothered about sharpness (or for that matter depth of field from 1' > to infinity) - but you seem to presume for them the reasons they chose to > use LF camera... Hiroshi Sugimoto or Sally Mann for example - > there are many > reasons top use LF, but you seem to have presumed what reasons somebody > would chose to use it for. The reasons are many and varied an not > necessarily obvious. I KNOW what reasons a good number of people use view cameras for. I did not say I know ALL the reasons. What is your point, and what does that have to do with the discussion? It is undisputable that a view camera is an entirely different tool than a little P&S digicam. > I use them (M's) because they are very useful in certain way of > working - I > find the rangefinder viewing system and quiet shutter helps when I'm > photographing people in certain sorts of situations little P&S digicams are quite quiet, even more quiet than the M. If you are so enamored by the use of the small, low resolution LCD on the back a little P&S digicam, and it is such a superior way of viewing than a viewfinder, then I must ask again, what reasons do you have to using a Leica? > Don McCullin made some of the best photographs of conflict and the human > condition of the last century - a large majority taken with OM > 1's and 2's - > why? Quality of the lenses? nope - because they were about the > smallest SLR > and they were cheap - when one broke he just threw it away and > used another > one. Because quality of the lense was not his concern, did not mean the lenses weren't quality. > it's about something subjection - vision and creativity - > different peoples > different ways of seeing Yes, the ethereal angle. > > or somehow the > > > LCD lets you > > > "see more" or for some other "mystical" reason...it's just > these cameras > > > have bad viewfinders. > > Again, it's not "mystical" - just a persons vision. Er, right. It somehow improves someone's vision to use a low resolution, small screen to compose images. As I suggested, it might be equally as valid to just take your glasses off, or if you don't wear them, put someone's on... Hey, Tim, if you believe something works for you, and/or you believe it makes a difference in the "quality" of your images (but oh, it's not about quality, at least according to you), then by all means... Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html