Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Leica love fest... from Luminous Landscape!
From: amr3 at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue Jul 26 11:33:09 2005

>Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:16:13 -0500
>From: "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica love fest... from Luminous Landscape!

>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
.............................................................................

I think Pete Myers is expressing what I feel too.  Leica rangefinders seem
to be the most symbiotic cameras for many of us; they represent the most
minimal instrument between us and our pictures. My hands and eye and psyche
are most satisfied by the feel of an M.

What I read in the text is that the end-all for him is high-quality with
simplicity, portability, and pleasure of use.  View cameras are simpler in
concept, but come with encumbrances needed for their use; i.e. tripod, dark
cloth, separate holders...

You can like the pictures or not like them, but I don't think one should
tell another what the proper tool is for their art.  I got some my most
interesting images of ice motorcycle racing with a 4x5 RB Auto Graflex and
Verito diffused focus lens.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak
Senior Photographer
Visual Imaging
Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee
Information & Media Technologies
amr3@uwm.edu
(414) 229-6525



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