Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 6, 2006, at 4:06 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > By all accounts there was never a single day in Capa's career when he > could have AFFORDED a shi*load of redundant lenses. He would > therefore not have known if there might be some significant advantage > to having them. I suspect there was a significant advantage for Capa... not having many redundant lenses. He was out there with a lens and a camera actually taking photos (when he wasn't doing other things) ...not making the wrenching decision... "what outfit do I use today ?"..... Steve > Carry on with the collecting; if nothing else you'll > have an extremely intriguing assortment of paperweights one day. > > On 5 Jun 2006 at 21:07, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> Ouch! >> >> On Behalf Of Robert >> Schneider >> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:02 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 90mm's >> >> >> He also never said, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you need a >> shi*load of redundant lenses." >> >> On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> Capa never said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you need a >>> 90." >>> > -- > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information