Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Around the time of HCB's death, I saw several photo's of the man himself at work. It was interesting to see a rather dapper dressed man, often in a 3 piece suit armed with a few relatively small and light weight Leica's. He seemed to have what looked like a very small, leather bag on a short strap, smaller than a typical breifcase. What struck me was comparing these images of a relatively "refined" looking HCB to modern PJ folks, many/most casually dressed and wielding a large photo backpack in addition to one or more largish kit bags. Scott Jeff Sumner wrote: > Zeiss, actually. > > > On Jun 14, 2005, at 10:10 AM, GREG LORENZO wrote: > >> Arthur Peterson writes in part: >> >>> >>> Three quarters of a century >>> ago, Cartier-Bresson was taking better photographs with his >>> technologically deprived (i.e., by today's standards) Leicas than >>> I'm taking today with the latest electronic bodies and aspherical >>> lenses. And if using equipment as antiquated as his would enable >>> me to take photographs as good as his, I'd trade my modern >>> equipment for it in an instant. >>> >>> >> >> Which company was making the best glass in the world at that time? >> >> It seems HCB was concerned that his images were being exposed on a >> film plane with Leica glass in front of it. >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information