Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]?sch ... If he had a lens or two over, redundant, he would probably have sold them and bet on horses. Daniel On 6/6/06, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >