Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like Panoramic cameras forces you to think in another way so does square image cameras like Rollei and Hasselblad. The funne thing with the Rolleis is that it even though you shot allmost the double image format it does not feel much heavier or difficult to handle then the Leica. One thing though - it is harder to shift quickly backt to the 24 x 36 from the 6 x 6 than the other way around - you sort of get addicted to square compositon - perhaps because your own eye actually has a square/circular vision of the world ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Sundial Bridge - black and white - Leica content > Oh, sorry. > > The Rolleicord (a twin lens reflex camera) lends itself to careful > compositions working on filling out the square (its a 6x6 120 film > camera). You take your time, you compose, meter carefully, generally > relax. Since the negative is larger, you get better results in your prints > and can play around with tones more productively than with 35 mm. A Leica, > for me, is something of the other extreme: a spontaneous "point and shoot" > from the hip kind of camera. > > Nothing more than that really. It was just the idea that a very cheap > camera (with excellent optics) would lend itself to the kind of shots you > offered us (abstracts, playing with forms). > > Daniel > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > Daniel, > > > > This is not a camera I'm familiar with so I'm wondering if you can > > articulate that camera would produce a different result from the > > images I posted. > > > > Thanks - I'm interested in understanding your thoughts. > > > > Adam > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 06:28:19 +0200 (MEST), Daniel Ridings > > <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> wrote: > > > Adam, > > > I'm not a purist, in fact, I'm pretty much amoral when it comes to all of > > > this. But looking at your shots here I thought ... you'd have more fun and > > > get better quality for these kinds of shots if you'd pick up a $150 > > > Rolleicord. Not that they quality is bad, mind you, but for these kinds of > > > abstracts an old Rolleicord will knock the socks off of a Leica (cheaper > > > too). > > > > > > But as a purist, you'd have to post somewhere else (mind you, I'm NOT a > > > purist :) ) > > > > > > Best, > > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information