[Leica] Edges and Corners, Elaboration of My Needs

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Martin Krieger asked:
Subject: [Leica] Edges and Corners, Elaboration of My Needs

Martin,
Basically stick with one brand of camera, Leica of course, either M or R. 
Obviously you are using an R, so I'd stay with it and forget everything 
else. Why waste time thinking about switching and have the added concerns of 
learning a new piece of equipment when your complete concentration should be 
on the assignment.

The 19mm is a fine lens indeed, but I'd be looking at a 15mm or have both! 
I've used mine on similar assignments since I bought it about '82-'83? And 
on similar projects as you're working on without tripod and had excellent 
results.

>>Also, I have no idea of what will interest researchers twenty years from 
>>now. It is not a matter of framing, so much a matter of preserving as much 
>>information as I can.<<<<<<

You can't possibly even guess what they may think, a waste of time on your 
part,  just do what you feel is right in every detail you find of interest, 
hell in 20-30 years the building may not even be there. Just produce the 
best you can in every detail that motivates you and leave it at that. And 
certainly scan every foot of a wall or fence or whatever for minor details 
you feel might be of some importance. Then shoot it!

>>> I want to document these sites, and it turns out that what is of 
>>> interest might well be a poster on the wall (but I only discover this 
>>> later). <<<<<<<<<,

This is all the more reason to look harder and "SEE BETTER" while you're 
shooting and not finding things in the print after the fact . And again, 
don't waste time wondering what someone 30-50 years down the line is going 
to want! An impossible task!

ted