[Leica] hero worship

[Summicron1@aol.com]

exactly. this is kind of like the rumor that Ansel Adams had another zone 
known only to himself.
Selgado could take great pictures with a disposable, probably, because he 
knows how to get his butt where those great pictures are and sees them when 
he is there. If you sit around worrying about which lens he uses, or which 
metering system, you miss the point.

The tool is 5 percent. He is the other 95. Whoever does his printing deserves 
a hunk of that 95 percent as well. As one who labors long in the dark, I know 
how much a difference that makes as well.

ctrentelman
ogden
m-3 and 50 year old lenses
great images
utah


In a message dated 8/12/01 1:09:05 AM, 
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:

<< Arrrgh !!!!

Soon, someone will write:

"I am going first thing Monday morning and buying the same gear as 
Salgado, (HCB, EWS, whoever) then my pictures will be as good as his."

Granted, you are talking about photography but isn't it time to leave off 
the hero worship?

Go make pictures and feel better.

Henry
if my minivan had a 500 hp V8 it would beat your BMW
if frogs had wings --------



>DR. BLACK TAPE RESPONDS by saying that what you note is true....Salgado
>does have the technological advantage...although I doubt his exposures
>come from simply automatic metering...;-)....And HCB used Ms as well as
>earlier IIIs....and he had the "advantage" of the M
>summilux.....AND....the 3200 films are certainly an advantage in terms
>of capturing the otherwise uncapturable, but they sure aren't any
>advantage in terms of image quality....just my .01 cent worth...:-)
>
> >>