Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:46 PM 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote: >>To be perfectly honest, I think 35mm cameras are for journalists and >>amateurs. 'Quality' is not their strength. > >>Jan Faul >I would love for some of our erudite Leica users to respond with examples >of 35mm photographers who don't fit into the categories of journalist or >amateur. I know some of you know a lot more than I do about Leica history. > Direct your replies to: > >photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu > >Thanks! Tina >______________________________________________________________________ > >Tina Manley, ASMP Tina, Darkroom Photography had an article by Fred Maroon who talked about architectural photography. And how National Geographic chose his Leica pictures (SLR by the way) over his 4x5 work because the quality was better. Now before anyone goes off half-cocked, the reason for it is that he can use much more extreme lenses in 35mm and depth of field is much deeper at wider aptertures. So you can do things with 35mm you just can't do with large format. The various types of cameras are tools for different purposes. That person must be pretty limited in experience. And on top of that, to equate quality with resolution and lack of grain, well, that's kind of like a musician saying "My work is better than yours because I play scales on a Bechstein and you play Beethoven on a Steinway." Ansel Adams used 35mm. His stuff was pretty darn good. Ernst Haas created new worlds for color photography with 35mm and Kodachrome. Bill Allard, Sam Abell. Jim Stanfield, Alex Webb, Gene Smith, Eli Reed, Bruno Barbey, etc, etc. Many, many others have proved this person is wrong. Need we say more? ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed