Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't tell me you've forgotten what he told you already? B. D. Colen wrote: >Didn't President Lincoln order that no sketch artist use a pencil softer >than a No. 2? ;-) > > >On 6/5/06 10:18 PM, "Robert Schneider" <schneiderpix@mac.com> wrote: > > > >>ROFLOL >> >>Absolutely hilarious! >> >>Thank you. >> >>rs >>______________________________________ >> >>www.robertschneider.com >>www.schneiderpix.com >> >> >> >> >> >>On Jun 5, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Marc James Small wrote: >> >> >> >>>At 08:57 PM 6/5/06 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Capa never said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you need a 90." >>>> >>>>Jeffery Smith >>>>New Orleans, LA >>>>http://www.400tx.com >>>> >>>> >>>Jeffery >>> >>>We have never met in person but, trust me, I love you like a >>>brother and I >>>look forward to the time when we meet in person. >>> >>>A 90mm lens is a wide-standard. A 40cm lens is a normal lens. >>>Stay away >>>from the folks and let them live their lives. >>> >>>The next time some jerk photojournalist shoulders his way into my >>>face to >>>take his pictures, he really will get an elbow in his jaws. You >>>wide-angle >>>folks do not understand how threatening you seem to those of us who >>>are >>>your targets. >>> >>>Capa's comment was cool for the time but was also full of BS -- >>>President >>>Truman, for instance, directed that no one at a Presidential Press >>>Conference use a lens less that 50mm. >>> >>>Me? Now that I am retired, I do not expect to EVER appear again at a >>>public function. But I have done so on frequent occasion over the >>>past >>>quarter of a century, and I have always told the Photo-Toads that I >>>wanted >>>a 12 foot (3m) circle of safety and that I'd clobber them if they came >>>closer than that. They knew that I meant what I said, and I >>>generally had >>>some hefty friends along to emphasize the point. >>> >>>You wide-angle guys are simply sick. Get back to a decent >>>distance, let >>>the subject be okay, and shoot the picture with a 40cm Telyt. >>> >>>What YOU guys wish to do is to jam the camera into the jaws of the >>>victim >>>and get a horrified response. Jam a camera in my face, and you >>>will get a >>>horrified response, which will include the destruction of your camera. >>> >>>Wide Angle Dudes. Stay away. Learn long lenses. Understand that >>>Duncan >>>and Capa were speaking for what scientists call "special >>>circumstances". >>> >>>I detest wide-angle lenses as they defy the very reason for >>>photograhy -- >>>documentig reality. Still, that 4.5/21 CZ Biogon did a hell of a >>>hit at >>>the Bridge at Mull in Ireland back in 2001. >>> >>>Marc >>> >>>msmall@aya.yale.edu >>>Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >