[Leica] Color vs. B&W

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

 a magazine of 12 sheets that's pack film? All fit into one small thing?

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:16:58 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Color vs. B&W
> 
> Sonny Carter OFFERED:
> <<> And in the sixties too.  At the TV stations in Baton Rouge and New
> Orleans,
>> a photographer wore a coat and tie while on assignment.
>> 
>> I got called in on the carpet for shooting a United Way banquet tieless on
>> the way back from a  warehouse fire.
>> 
>> The tie of course, made me a better photographer, <<<<<<<
> 
> Absolutely!!!!!! ;-) Now Sonny you know the tie was the most important part
> of all our gear! ;-)
> 
> We were dressed "properly always!" As in shirt, tie and jackets! Proper
> clothing and dressed appearance all the time.  If you were sent to cover  a
> major fire and you smelt like a "chimney pot later?"  It was your problem 
> to
> get home, change clothes and look and smell "properly!" No excuses for the
> next assignment!
> 
> Yep and a lot of you guys will be asking "How the hell did they expect you
> to do that?"  "SORRY IF YOU WANT TO WORK FOR OUR NEWSPAPER THIS IS THE
> PLAN!" You loved the job and you just did it!
> 
> And onto the next assignment whatever it was! No wimpy crying whining
> excuses were accepted! You just nipped off, got it done and onto the next
> assignment! Whatever it maybe?
> 
> Hell man it didn't matter! As "we were doing the greatest job in the
> world..... "WE WERE NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHERS!" YAHOO!!!!!!!!! :-)
> 
> No not the locust animals of today...... "PAPARAZZI!" We were gentlemen
> photographers of class and etiquette!  Yes, yes I know many of you may find
> that hard to believe? But do you know what? I don't give a crap whether you
> do or not! That was life then and people were gentlemen and gentle ladies,
> politely speaking!
> 
> We knew what cameras did whatever....... we only had one. A Speed Graphic
> 4X5 sheet film with a magazine of 12 sheets. There wasn't any of this day 
> to
> day babblefest crap about what camera, what lens, colour or B&W?
> 
> We shot our assignments and always hoped it would satisfy the City Editor
> and most certainly whomever was the publisher!
> 
> We received a $25. dollars a week gas allowance for our cars!  Mileage if
> the assignment were more than a hundred miles out of town. Otherwise? It 
> was
> expected your $25.00 gas allowance would cover it! :-)
> 
> I suppose I could go on a bit yet. :-) However, it's getting late and I
> wouldn't want to bore anyone beyond what I have? So good night all!!
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
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> " <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Color vs. B&W
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> People dressed much better in the 40's and before. The 50's even.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And in the sixties too.  At the TV stations in Baton Rouge and New
>> Orleans,
>> a photographer wore a coat and tie while on assignment.
>> 
>> I got called in on the carpet for shooting a United Way banquet tieless on
>> the way back from a  warehouse fire.
>> 
>> The tie of course, made me a better photographer, just like the Ektachrome
>> Reversal film in my Bell and Howell 60 DR.
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> 
>> USA
>> 
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