Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leikon35@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 97-09-16 02:33:47 EDT, you write: > << > Now wasn't that story better than watching a rerun on television? > > Donal Philby > San Diego > >> > Donal - > I have a non-war story similar to yours. It concerns an immense > train wreck and Will Connell who was sent to photograph it for his > newspaper with his Speed Graphic. > Will came back to the paper and handed the editor one single film > holder. When asked why he only shot one picture, Will answered - > "There was only one train wreck". > > Marvin Moss > Altadena Speaking of "war stories" I'll at least share a bit of my background when I first started working for a daily newspaper in the early 80s. Most of the guys there had been raised on Crown and Speed Graphics. We younger guys came in with our winders and a bevy of lenses. I was soon told that all you need is a 50mm lens and one sheet of film. If you want a wider shot, step back and a tighter shot move closer. And that if you took your time and waited till the right instant you would have the best picture. This has been guiding advice since. And though I still have an assortment of lenses I find that I still favor using my 50mm Summilux (especially with the M3 finder) and I still have art directors and assorted clients wondering why I haven't shot scads of film like other photographers that they've used. By the way, I recall reading somewhere that Contact Press photographer Dave Burnett primarily uses a 50mm lens for most of his work. If you take the time to learn it you will truly be amazed at what it can do.\ Carl S.