[Leica] Re: Galen Rowell and Nikon

[George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>]

At 11:35 AM 08/09/99 EDT, InfinityDT@aol.com wrote:
> This isn't a put-down of Rowell's 
>visionary talent, it is simply a question posed regarding equipment choices 
>made by someone who has devoted no small amount of space in his books and 
>magazine columns to discussions of his equipment.
>
His equipment is, to a large extent, determined by the limited amount of
weight he has to carry.  Some of his pictures are taken while hanging with
one hand on a vertical rock face.  It has to be light.  That's why a zoom
lens is often his first choice, even if two or three prime lenses in
equivalent focal lengths would be sharper.  He has written that, among the
prime lenses, the 24mm focal length is the one that he uses most frequently
in the mountains.  Otherwise, the practical weight considerations are very
important, if you are engaged in the kind of strenuous physical activity
that is required in his type of photography.