Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sometimes one has to sacrifice a little composition in order to capture the decisive moment! AGS - ----- Original Message ----- From: <DFangon@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] First Time Choice of Leica Bodies (long) > In a message dated 4/24/02 4:22:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ahh@juniper.net > writes: > > << If you're already thinking in terms of buying a whole collection > of Leica stuff, you're probably on the wrong track, >> > > Could you elaborate a little on this. I also started with an M6 and the 50, > in this case a 50/2.8. My experience was that the 50 was too limiting and > that I wished for at least a 35/2 in many photo opportunities I was faced > with. > > One particular instance was when I was in downtown San Francisco. Powell St. > Station (of the Bay Area Transit System) off Market street is a known hub of > chess players of all kinds, masters, hustlers, patzers, tourists etc. and > from all nationalities, Russians, Eastern Europeans, Filipinos, Indians etc. > I proceeded to take pictures of chess players and their games all lined up in > one long column. Not too long after, a woman sauntered off to the right of > the frontmost game, smiled and signalled to me that she wanted her picture > taken. Sure, I obliged, and as I was adjusting the focus, she proceeded to > pull up her shirt! With a 50/2.8 on my lens, I could get her isolated > beautifully but the picture meant so much more if I could frame her with the > chess players. I proceeded to do this after one take by stepping back but > increasing the distance between us inconvenienced many passers by who had to > either stop on their tracks or were forced to change directions to avoid > cutting between us. By this time, she quickly lost interest, pulled her > shirt down and went on her way. Oh if only I had a 35 instead of that darn > 50. I still pine at the few frames could have a taken that morning. > > By the way, the chess players never even looked up. To them, the incident > was more of a distraction than anything else. It would have provided an > ironic angle, a streaker in the midst of the most disinterested group of men > she could ever find. > > My advice, start with an M6 and a 35/2.0 > > Dante > -- > 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