Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WWII army photographers were issued cameras which were there times a bigger cube than a Hasselblad. Speed graphic type cameras were common. As were twin lens Rolleiflexes. They somehow got they all got shot. Especially a Speed Graphic which is a mahogany wood box covered with leather. It floats. And are hand fixable in a foxhole. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:19:43 -0500 (CDT) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO > > Mark took those with his own ur-Hasselblad. > > > On Mar 16, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Phil Forrest wrote: > >> Where are these Normandy Beach landing shots taken with a Hasselblad? >> >> Phil Forrest >> >> >> >> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:51:45 -0400 >> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >>> A little known fast is a Hasselblad can be shot with the speed and >>> agility to get most any fast breaking situation. What's a faster >>> moving subject than a wedding? A Normandy Beach landing? >>> Can you get the bride tossing the bouquet in the air then the gals >>> catching it? Then holding it up in the air? The flowers sailing >>> through the air? I certainly have. And when I don't get those shots >>> once or twice I don't feel real good about it. >>> Yes an SLR is faster as is a Leica rangefinder. >>> >>> I'll say getting a shot in square format is easier. Squares are >>> easier to work with. Even when you don't plan on doing any cropping. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> philforrest.wordpress.com >> gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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