Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 26 Jul 2005 at 7:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > While nobody will dispute the excellence of Leica glass and the beauty > of the Leica M concept (that is after all why most of us are here), I > don't think the article is particularly good, and the photos used to > illustrate it are mediocre at best (actually I think they are pretty > awful). Something about this doesn't ring true. If the quality of his images is the be-all and end-all of his existence, then why is he working with miniature-format cameras at all? Certainly Leica lenses are top rank, but the kind of stuff he's shooting is more naturally suited so a larger negative, and 35mm Efke25 behind a `cron, as lovely as it is, is going to be simply blown away by 4x5 Efke25 behind a SuperAngulon or any of half-dozen other high-end optics. Can't beat square inches for the kinds of subjects he's shooting. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request