[Leica] The "problem" with the M9

[Ted Grant]

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. 

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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  :-)   
> 
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> 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
>> 
>> 
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