Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/07

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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Leica] Books
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:00:40 -0700
References: <1F1EDB8553B1D4119ABB0000F879EC70013C1F27@email1> <16853258556.20011107082715@web-options.com>

cool - I'd love to see a copy of this book, having lived on the edge of
Exmoor for a number of years

Tim A


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Walkden" <bob@web-options.com>
To: "Griffith, Lucian" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:27 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Books


> Hi,
>
> [...]
>
> > BTW, I don't understand why you would collect books based on the tool
that
> > produeced them, rather than the substance that has been produced.  It's
like
> > only eating cake made with a Bamix.  It doesn't make sense (IMHO).
>
> [...]
>
> The pictures in James Ravilious' book "An English Eye" (1998, ISBN
> 1-85522-628-6) were taken almost exclusively with a Leica M3 and older
> lenses. The book includes a longish section (5 pages) on his tools and
> techniques, and demonstrate how using the M3 + VIOOH or Imarect, with
> uncoated Elmars and Hektors, in conjunction with the Zone System, help
> him to get precisely the effects he wants. His prints are very even and
> smooth in tone, very well suited to his subject, the Devon countryside
> and how people live there. It's a very, very beautiful book, little
> known.
>
> ---
>
>  Bob
>
> mailto:bob@web-options.com
>
>
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In reply to: Message from "Griffith, Lucian" <lgriffiths@ue.com.au> (Re: [Leica] Books)
Message from Bob Walkden <bob@web-options.com> (Re[2]: [Leica] Books)