Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the past few days, I've enjoyed browsing a rather extensive collection of B&W photography by Bernhard Schmidt on the web. I'm not quite sure how I stumbled on this site orignally (perhaps via Google, looking for the 21mm SA). I don't think Bernhard's a Lugger (a quick search of The Archives reveals no hits on his name), maybe he's a lurker. In any case, he shoots (as far as I can tell) exclusively with an M3, a 21mm Super-Angulon, a 50mm DR-Summicron, and a 90mm first version Tele-Elmarit (the fat one) on Ilford Delta 400 and Delta 3200, printed on Multigrade FB warmtone. http://www.bws-photo.de/index.html He's got a good eye, shoots interesting, contemplative street scapes mixed with a classic, B&W photoreportage style. It's photography that is not that easy to classify, which makes it all the more interesting. But, for me, the main point is that it shows that good photography can be practiced with a single camera body, three lenses, two films, and a single paper. It's easy to forget that sometimes. Not least in this forum. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html