RE: [Leica] Breaking the rules.

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

Well I agree with you. 
I like Leicas for nostalgic reasons. NOT for what it
can/cannot do. If one is to solely compare what the M
can do and what the modern SLR cannot do ... well I'll
try to avoid going into that area because knowingly a
lot of followup threads will impose the uncommonsense
arguments. 

Another topic I found intriguing is the talk of Leica
lens. How the recent Leica's ASPH APO is way ahead of
the competition in every areas. But ironically, the
majority of the pictures shown here are B&W with a
touch of softness, resembling the archived pictures of
the 40s taking by inferior lens. Let me get this right
... so we all want the latest state-of-the-art lens,
but we still like the pictures taken by it showing all
the qualities of our vintage historical pictures.

- --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> God Bless You Henry!!!
> 
> I've started writing, and then deleted, literally
> three messages today on
> this very subject. I can't help wondering how the
> world of photography
> managed to exist prior to the later Leica SMs, and
> the Ms, and how anyone
> now takes a decent photo without using a
> Leica?...Anyone interested in
> seeing if it's possible might take a look at the
> Newseum's book containing
> all the Pulitzer photos, with information about how
> they were taken. Not
> only are there very, very few Leica photos, there
> are NO 35 mm photos until
> the early 60s! Remember that amazing shot of the
> Japanese legislator being
> stabbed to death on stage by a right-wing fanatic
> with a sword? Shot with a
> Speed Graphic, as was virtually everything else -
> with the exception of
> about 2 Rollei shots and one or two Hasselblads -
> until about 1963. It is
> astounding to see what PJs managed to get without
> that great Leica glass
> that can resolve the hair right off the nts of a
> gnat! And what they managed
> to get 4x5 film holders...oh, and then there is the
> Pulitzer Prize winning
> photo taken by a young woman with her box
> Brownie...no joke. Okay, okay, I
> know the "rule" is 'f8 and be there.' But the
> reality is BE THERE. BE THERE
> with film. BE THERE with vision. BE THERE and be
> OPEN to what's happening
> around you. BE THERE with what ever kind of camera
> and/or lens suits you
> best. But BE THERE.
> 
> And that rule applies whether you are shooting the
> bottom of Adlei
> Stevenson's shoe, or the jelly on your
> granddaughter's face - or rocks,
> trees and barns.
> 
> BE THERE.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On
> Behalf Of Henry Ting
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Breaking the rules.
> 
> 
> 
> Let's not get carried away by the Leica M's
> capability.
> Being able to handhold to take pictures at 1/4 sec
> is
> more of the ability of the photographer than the
> camera. Admittedly it does not have a reflex mirror
> to
> induce vibration, but quite frankly mirror flapping
> is
> only detrimental to closeup macro. But then one
> would
> lock the mirror to take such photos.
> 
> --- Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com>
> wrote:
> > A nice thing about Leicas is the ability to break
> > the rules. Handholding
> > at a ridiculous 1/4 of a second is an example of
> > this. I figure one stop
> > of grace is attributable to the camera being a
> > rangefinder, and the
> > second is Tom's Softy.
> >
> > It was just an experiment, but comments welcome
> > anyway.
> >
> > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/lowlight.html
> >
> > Simon Stevens
> >
> > P.S. Challenge: Can anyone manage 1/2 a second
> with
> > a handheld, unbraced
> > Leica? :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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