Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like Nick Brandt's work. I look at "On This Earth" all the time for inspiration, though we're a bit short on lions here. I had the good fortune to attend a seminar by a Famous West Coast Photographer who was giving a demonstration of pyro developing and bitching about the small size of the 4x5 negs he had. This digital thing is like science fiction to me. I have a full-frame DSLR with excellent lenses and image stabilization - no darkroom and far superior to 35mm film IMHO. Ken Carney On 8/26/2010 11:13 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >