Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi feli, the main lens in question in the War Photographer DVD is not a 28-70 or 24-70 f2.8L. It is in fact, a 17-35mm f2.8L lens. So he does indeed get very close to his subjects, and without a Leica M too, which goes to show unobstrusiveness is probably a state of mind :) ---------- David Teo Boon Hwee david@5stonesphoto.com On 07-Sep-05, at PM 09:31, feli wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:27 AM, Paul wrote: > >> It's all a question of attitude. I remember a conversation in >> Sarajevo - long after the war - when a survivor was telling me how >> much everyone had detested the photographers who, during the siege, >> would turn up with their long lenses and sit in an armoured car and >> wait to get a picture of an old lady getting shot by a sniper on her >> way to the market. They hated them almost as much as the snipers >> themselves. I pointed out that I was a photographer too, and that I'd >> just been taking pictures of him. He said it wasn't the same thing at >> all. > > 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. > > feli > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >