Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was Robert Capa (a Contax user but nobody's perfect) who said: "If your pictures aren't good enough, you weren't close enough". And he certainly practised what he preached. I'm strictly a 50mm man myself. P. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 7 Sep 2005, at 15:31, feli wrote: > I saw "War Photographer" a few while back. One thing I noticed is that > it appears > that Nactwey doesn't seem to be shoot with anything longer than the > 2.8/28-70 > or 2.8/24-70. Pretty much every other shooter in the film seemed to > have at least one camera > with a 80-200. Quite often it looked like Nachtwey had a 1.4/35 or 24; > sometimes even a plain > 50 mounted. Given the circumstances this man shoots under and the > photos he produces, > that is very close.