Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And I bet HCB didn't write that in English. Dan C. At 05:57 PM 26-08-00 BST, Bob Walkden wrote: >Hello, > >I wonder who holds the world record for being most wrong in a single post? > >>the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon >>photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever >>gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri >>Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it. > >"The slow speed of colour film reduces the depth of focus in the field of >vision in relatively close shots; and this cramping often makes for dull >composition. On top of that, blurred backgrounds in color photographs are >distinctly displeasing". > >- Henri Cartier-Bresson "The Decisive Moment". Simon & Schuster, 1952. > >Cheers, > >Bob > > >>From: khmiska <khmiska@umich.edu> >> >>Fellow Leicaists, >>Why all this BS about bokeh nokeh. Why not speak English. We're not in >>the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon >>photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever >>gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri >>Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it. Forget all this little >>detail s*** and use the camera for what it's intended for - taking >>photographs. I read somewhere that the great Eisenstadt did a little >>lens testing; found what he liked, and then used it. The KISS principle >>applies here - keep it simple, stupid. So, if you want to drum me out of >>the corps, no problemo. >>Kurt >>Ann Arbor >> > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >