Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Dernie wrote: >>> Would make it hard to get exceptional wildlife or sport shots too, in most cases. <<< IDK about sports, but for wildlife "in most cases" is correct, assuming commonly accepted technique. Let's not forget about Nick Brandt http://www.nickbrandt.com/ who uses medium-format film, and Elliot Porter's birds http://tinyurl.com/29fzr7o photographed with 4x5 Kodachrome. My favorite Ansel Adams quote is his response when he was asked what the best camera is: "the biggest one you're willing to carry". For myself, the "35mm" format strikes a workable balance in my desire to combine high image quality and portability. The image quality potential of bigger formats pulls me toward medium-format, the size and weight of the long focal lengths I typically use pull me back toward "35mm". The S2's bigger-but-not-too-much-bigger format is pulling me in that direction, the present lack of native long lenses and the huge expense of the S2 (and the likely size & weight of long S lenses) is keeping me with "35mm". Within the constraints of "35mm" format. I use Leica not because it's a religious icon, but because of the image quality / portability ratio. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com On 26 Aug, 2010, at 15:23, Tina Manley wrote: > But you should remember that the Leica is also better than MF or LF for some > uses. I can't imagine carrying a medium or large format into huts in > Central America and trying to document family life without being obtrusive. > The Leica rangefinder and Leica fast lenses are the absolute best for my > purposes. > > Tina > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> I'm sure that by now I have irritated most members of the LUG. It helps to >> remember that the Leica is just a camera, not a religious icon. >> >> >> Larry Z >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE