Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the most famous shot ever on top of everest was of the sherpa guide(tensil norling?) taken by hilary himself with a retina 11rf bought at the px down below.he loaded a roll of kodachrome then l0asa i belive. put it inside his parka(folded it was the size of a pack of cigs). . at the top he just took it out and shot. the transparency was the first blown up to that enormous backlit panel in grand central. > From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: 14 Jul 2000 10:16:21 -0700 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] trip report--gear, film, filter and airport > experiences--long > > On Fri, 14 July 2000, drodgers@nextlink.com wrote: > >> >> >> Doug >> >>>> Altitude does funny things to light.<< >> >> Actually, it's atmosphere that does funny things to light. Could be said >> that those shots from the top of Mt Everest in the 50s -- taken with an M3 >> -- were made in the most natural light found on earth. >> >> Dave > > You're right, of course. The outdoor light most of us are accustomed to has > been (dare I say it?) filtered by lots of atmosphere. The quality of light > below sea level in Death Valley is vastly different from the light on top of > Mt. Whitney in the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ > > > >