Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, A lot of us started out with a Brownie. Here is an early Brownie shot that I made in 1951. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951.jpg.html Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Holga D > Holgas are held in the highest regard by all one and all but this arty > person likes to hold up a single element Brownie as the holy super low > tech > grail in his workflo when it flos in that general direction. > What I like about Brownies is they were just trying to be cheap and > accessible to the multitudes. They were not trying to be funky. I'm sorry > but I it kid of seems to me that the guys who made to Holga kind of went > out > of there way to have those edge soft artifacts in it. That kind of rubs me > the wrong way just a bit. So I never actually got one. I just used all > kinds > of Brownies. Many I got for five bucks. Like the ones I first used like > my > first can second cameras. > They're gorgeous. Fun. And you just click the shutter its amazing you ever > get a picture. But you usually do. > http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/brownieCam/ > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/New+York+Cityx.jpg.html > Or > http://tinyurl.com/3x73zdv > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Home+Plate+Jul+64+Oxford2.jpg.htm > l > Or > http://tinyurl.com/2763k9f > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >