Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I got the impression that the article was somewhat hastily put together. But other than that, I thought (I do have a DSLR, BTW) it was a nice article on simplification and quality. Clearly the fellow has made a serious go at digital B&W and found it wasn't for him. Leica offers "the best" (take that for what you will) optics, in a small package. That lightens his load in the field. Expose, focus and shoot (OK, maybe pick a filter) - doesn't get much simpler than that. With a simple precision tool and just a lens or two, mastery of capture certainly has fewer variables. I wondered too about a possible need for a larger format, but I presumed that Efke 25 @ ISO 6 in XTOL with the lux scanner gets him fine enough grain and low enough noise for the size enlargements he was planning to sell. Seems like a credible combo. If anything, I'm surprised he is scanning (and presumably digi printing, but I don't think he says so). I'm swimming in "digital darkroom" technologies and techniques and that, to me at least, hardly seems part of any simplification strategy :-) Just finding a great printer and making him/her a close friend might be much simpler and yield superiour results. Hell, Ralph Gibson does just fine making "fine art" photos with an M6, a few lenses TriX and Rodinal. Why not? Scott Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >