Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They do indeed. On the other hand, he has always been a rangefinder user. So go figure.;-) 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 John Straus Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:46 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] feb shutterbug on 1/3/02 5:48 AM, Rei Shinozuka at shino@ubspw.com wrote: > 3. ralph gibson interview, where he as usual waxes eloquent on leica m: > > I have spent 40 years working with the Leica rangefinder. The rangefinder > enables one to see what's _outside_ of the frame as well as what's _inside_ > of the frame. You make a decision predicated on the presence and/or the > absence of the various aspects of the subject. With a reflex, the camera > determines what is seen, and half the time it's out of focus. One could > follow a reflex around the world and focus it from time to time until it > came across a picture. With a rangefinder you see something, you make the > exposure and you continue to look at what you're seeing. The rangefinder > is ideally matched to the perceptive act, the personal act of perception. > I only use a reflex for extreme close-ups. > > - Ralph Gibson, Shutterbug Interview, Feb 2002 Leica pays him well.... ;) - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html