Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:09:39 -0700 From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> Subject: RE: [Leica] feb shutterbug Message-ID: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGKEHPONAA.tim@KairosPhoto.com> References: > Trouble is that it does not influence me to buy a Chevy or a Leica. > Interestingly Robert Dosineau used several different brands of cameras > throughout his 50 year career, and never endorsed any of them. Even more > interesting, looking at his pictures I can not tell the difference between > any brand. So are endorsements just hype? Probably. Oh - the guy who was "economical with the truth" (as Mrs. Thatcher's sidekick said) about his kiss photograph... hmmm tim a >>> Surely he just had "no recollection"? Actually I suspect that many of the great "candid" street photos are setups. It's normal to direct people to do things when you're photographing them. - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile (Italy) 348 336 7990 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html