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 was lucky enough to have seen some huge Brandt's photos at LA Photo show. They were printed like 3x5 FEET, may be bigger. All things considered, the price is reasonable too, may be ~$8000? I mean that's one of Uncle Earl's darkroom print :-) On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]