Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a moral question for the group. This is an imaginary situation, but I think that it may be a useful exercise. The situation: You are in the Middle East, and there is a huge flood in progress. Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised and structures destroyed. Let's say that you're a photographer getting photos for a news service. One day while traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes, you come across Osama Bin Laden who has been swept away by the floodwaters. He is barely hanging on to a tree limb and is about to go under. You can either put down your camera and save him, or take a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of him as he loses his grip on the limb. So here's the question and please think carefully before you answer the question below: Which lens would you use? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html