[Leica] Digging deeper

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Ric,

Thanks for looking. Hope to have some images up soon. 

I've needed some photographic inspiration. I haven't picked up a camera
in months. Too much other stuff going on. I also became a little burned
out dealing with digital tech stuff. I deal with tech stuff all the
time, and it can be a grind. Photography became like work.

I'm going to try to stick with Leicas and film and avoid the siren call
of the D200. I bought some PanF+ and that has me a little excited. I
like the grain structure, contrast, and the speed.  It's slow enough for
the daytime (when I use my 50/2.8 Elmar). Plus, I have a Noct for those
times light is lacking. 

BTW, those two lenses pair up nicely. They're at opposite ends of the
spectrum. It's a paradox I know, but I think I like my lenses extreme
yet normal. Make it big and fast or compact and slow, but make it 50
:-). I find that I use the 50/2.8 more than the Noct, but the Noct is
nice when needed. There's just nothing else like it. If I can't take
good photographs with a 50 then a high tech 12-300 EDIFAFASVS zoom (OK
that's a combination of lenses, but it/they make/s the Noct seem like a
featherweight) probably isn't going to help. 

DaveR

-----Original Message-----
From: Ric Carter [mailto:ricc@mindspring.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:29 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digging deeper

interesting stuff

thanks

ric

On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:10 PM, David Rodgers wrote:

>
> For the past several months I've been researching a polio outbreak  
> that
> occurred in the town where I now live. My interst began when I
> photographed some capped mineral springs near my house. The springs  
> were
> thought to be therapeutic and many people with ailments came for
> healing. There was a hotel, too, but it burned down years ago.
>
> My curiosity has me digging deeper. I was in Raleigh/Durham, NC last
> week. (My son is thinking of transferring to UNC or NCSU next year.) I
> did some research that led me to this URL for the Smithsonian about an
> outbreak of polio in 1944.
>
> http://americanhistory.si.edu/polio/americanepi/medical.htm
>
> If you scroll down and go to the next page you'll see a photograph  
> of a
> lumbar puncture being performed on a polio victim in Hickory, NC.
> (Hickory is the town where I now live.) The photograph was taken by  
> none
> other than Alfred Eisenstadt. Is it safe to assume the photo was taken
> with a Leica?
>
> What began as a rather boring photo of a capped mineral spring is  
> taking
> on a life. That to me is one of the joys of photography. Even boring
> photographs can have meaning. You've just got to dig a little.
>
> BTW, for anyone interested, below is a link to a story about why I  
> have
> an appreciation for victims of disease -- polio in particular. I  
> hope to
> add some photos to it in the next day or so.
>
> http://www.purplehen.com/polio_story/index.htm
>
> Dave
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