RE: [Leica] Erwin, photographic technique

["Jay Coleman" <jcoleman.interport@rcn.com>]

What if you want a 15mm lens or a 280?

Jay Coleman

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Walter S
Delesandri
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Erwin, photographic technique


Sure, I'll bite!!!.....IF you are going to do the kind of photography
that demands tripod, mirror lockup, etc.(and we ALL do scenics,
etc-occasionally)
why NOT use a medium format or field 4x5 camera?.....I'd say that my
Mamiya MF lenses (and certainly 4x5 lenses) would handily "out-do" ANY
combination of leica camera and lens when the results are enlarged
to 16x20.

I LOVE to take the Leica/lenses and do "4x5" quality (not really) on
occasion, but if this is you 'regular' cup of tea, you're using the wrong
gear.

Walt


On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 01:13:33 EDT MTomalty@aol.com wrote:S
> Ted,Tina,and Walt,
>
> I gotta disagree here(of course)!
> Not everyone using 35mm (oops,the LEICA :>)) is a photojournalist on the
> run whose only preoccupation is to get something,anything, on film.
> Tripods,like fast lenses in low light,have their place where they shine
and
> any self respecting photog has to know when to use each.
> There are literally tens of thousands of brilliant,riveting images out
there
> all taken using a tripod,mirror lockup,etc that move people as much as any
> low light hand held reportage image.
> The guy who's shooting street conflict in Jerusalem,for example,using a
tripod
> is as big a dummy as the guy who's shooting a handheld landscape at 1/4
sec
> with his Asph 35. Both may get the pic,but neither is maximizing their
> opporturity.
> You gotta know when to use the proper tools and technique.
>
> Rebuttals anyone??
> MarkT