Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, I agree about Nick Brandt and "On This Earth" - I first saw his work in Lenswork magazine. Terrific stuff. Just ordered his "A Shadow Falls" from Abebooks (second hand book aggregator site). In case anyone is interested, The Book Depository, a highly reputed second hand book dealer, is selling books with free shipping worldwide - just ordered a slew of photographic books: http://www.abebooks.com/the-book-depository-guernsey/54837791/sf Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >