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Subject: [Leica] Jeffery PAW - Week 15 - Another lesson from HCB
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Fri Apr 21 09:19:19 2006
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Apart from the great portrait, Jeffrey, I enjoy the hard mirth in his  
eyes.

B.

On 21-apr-2006, at 5:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Last year, I picked up a Nikon S3 commemorative set on ebay. I  
> mostly wanted
> the 50/1.4 lens as the new Summilux 50/1.4 asph cost twice as much  
> as I paid
> for the Nikon body + lens. The new 50/1.4 Nikkor is *astonishingly  
> good*. If
> Nikon wanted to put the squeeze on Leica, Voigtlander, and Zeiss  
> Ikon, it
> could probably do it with some sort of commitment to chase the RF  
> market
> these days. And they would upset the balance badly by simply  
> offering the
> 50/1.4 in M mount for a reasonable price. After all, Zeiss Ikon  
> offered no
> fast lenses in M mount. But I digress.....
>
> HCB's documentary mentions that he took portraits by simply sitting  
> and
> talking with the person and then POW! He snaps the shot. I can only  
> really
> do that with cigarette smokers who are banished from our buildings  
> and must
> take refuge outside. The subject here, Tim Baker, is a very gifted  
> actor and
> director who could make it big in New York or Los Angeles but  
> chooses to
> share his talent with our students. I don't know if he was being  
> natural
> here or if he was acting, but I don't like portraits with smiles,  
> so this
> one worked for me.
>
> http://www.400tx.com/2006-15.html
>
> Comments welcomed and appreciated.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
>
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