Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/02

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] The "problem" with the M9
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 10:38:25 -0800
References: <83E11207-A35F-4D9F-80BC-EAF4961904C7@gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ31WPkt06VxcxSOwcyMPJgLOLZ8cbx2RDOaKa7odwehsQ@mail.gmail.com> <001d01d26518$e0899860$a19cc920$@ca> <32991303-3B32-4820-B142-33620C2CF70E@gmail.com>

Hi Lluis and CREW,
I realize I quite often have an entirely different re-action to many of you. 
But it occurs due to my career and the types of documentary assignments I 
worked on and volume of Leica gear I owned and used. 
In some cases weeks, day after day covering the, shall we say. "WHEAT 
HARVESTING ON THE GREAT PRARIES OF WESTERN CANADA! All B&W and the next year 
same time covering every aspect again, shooting only Kodachrome 35mm. 100s 
of rolls during 4 to 6 weeks! Day after day! Not just "Friday flowers!" At 
least a 20 year time period during the.50's to mid-seventies. Mine was 
primarily as a photojournalist and I didn't have to worry about print making 
on many of these as much of the printing was done by the professional 
darkroom staff of the National Film Board of Canada. 
However I did have to ID locations & captions for the hundreds of prints 
selected by various Photo-editors for different projects.
And as many of you know I've never been a "techie photog" once again 
illustrating my "GREAT SPIRIT" has looked after me all these years! :-) 
Damn I must say, I have been one of the very lucky photogs I know!
cheers,
Dr. Ted Grant C.M.  O.C. 

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
Of lluisripollphotography
Sent: January-02-17 9:43 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] The "problem" with the M9

Hi Ted,

I think remember the last time I took seriously two cameras, one in B&W and 
one in color was in my trip to NYC in 2005, as a conclusion I can say that I 
have shoot about 8 B&W films and just one or maybe two in color?, of course 
as you say, the life moment is what really count, my choice is normally B&W.

Cheers
Lluis



> El 2 gen 2017, a les 17:54, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> va escriure:
> 
> HI crew,
> Since the days of digital/cameras/computers and all that other fiddling    
>    stuff. I rarely think about colour or B&W as we did in the days of 
> film. 2 OR MORE CAMEARS HANGING ON THE BODY WERE ALMOST MANDATORY. Other 
> than when it was an all B&W film documentary or shooting only in colour as 
> that was all the client wanted.  
> I have seen magnificent B&W prints made from digital colour images without 
> any concerns when crossing over to B&W. 
> Me? I just throw the card, well sorry? I push the card into the camera and 
> off I go having a great time without a thought other than capturing a 
> "cool image!"
> And when I pop a digital colour image or from film days and out comes a 
> 13X19 B&W drop dead gorgeous print? I kinda look at it?, "SMILE!" And 
> whisper to myself?  "DAMN YER GOOD!" :-)  Naw not me, it's the machine! 
> :-) :-) 
> Oh sure sometimes you have an absolutely crappy print, but that's just 
> life! So get over it and don't spend 2 or 3 hours computer fiddling it!
> cheers,
> Dr. ted  :-)   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj
> Sent: January-01-17 7:12 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The "problem" with the M9
> 
> Colour for me - the red of her dress adds an extra dimension.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 7:21 AM, lluisripollphotography <
> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The Day I went to shoot ?Giving Smiles? I?ve carried the M9, it poses
>> sometimes a problem to decide if color or B&W?.
>> 
>> Evening in La Rambla
>> 
>> Leica M9, Summilux 75 wide open
>> 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>> 20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.html>
>> 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>> 20161221_L1013236.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
>> 
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
> 
> 
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus


In reply to: Message from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography) ([Leica] The "problem" with the M9)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] The "problem" with the M9)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] The "problem" with the M9)
Message from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography) ([Leica] The "problem" with the M9)