Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As far as I know, Capa and HCB primarily used one lens. Certainly the folks who did Rolleiflex TLR work used one lens. Even when I carry 3 lenses with me in the Domke, I often use just one and leave the others in the bag. Opportunities are too fleeting to be fiddling with swapping lenses IMO. Jeffery At 10:23 AM 5/19/2004, you wrote: > Buzz Hausner's remark about "discipline" and having to "work harder" > when >you have just one lens, reminds me of the AP photographers with the 4x5 Speed >Graphic in the old days. > They knew they had to get one, maybe two, good shots on their cut-film >holder and get them back to the office fast, before the competition at UP >did. > That meant concentration, technique and above all speed. Technique comes >in knowing what your camera & lens can do. Having 36 chances to get a good >shot >make lots of us lazy. If we knew we had to deliver with, say, just 12 >exposures, we might "work harder" to make every shot count. [A lot of the >commentary >on the PLUG seem to look down on just shooting away in the hope of eventually >getting a good shot.].-- bob cole > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information