Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if this were exchanged during a party that would have been one thing, but since it was for publication, i would have found someone on my staff who could answer precisely and authoritatively. but of course, it was the Times... :-) -rei On Jul10 22:26, Don Dory wrote: > Bob, > You are perhaps being overly sensitive to an editor not knowing what is > going on. :) So what if a 1DsMkII becomes 35mm? And compared to an APS-C > sized sensor chip a Hasselblad is large format. Personally, I put it down > to people not wanting to keep up with the technical, it's a widget that > magically makes whatever it is that you need made. With the number of > native born folk that go into the sciences dropping every year what do you > expect? > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 7/10/06, Robert D. Baron <rbaron@concentric.net> wrote: > > > >I just noticed an online Q&A with Assistant Managing Editor for > >Photography Michele McNally at > >http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/media/asktheeditors.html . > > > >In response to a query from an amateur photographer who asks about the > >equipment the NYT photographers use, she says: > > > >> A. Yes, all of our photographers are equipped digitally. We currently > >> use Canon 35mm Mark II's and D5's with a variety of lenses from 10mm > >> to 600 mm. We have Hasselblad large format equipment that shoots > >> film. > > > > > >Now, am I being overly sensitive when I read something like this? > > > >I have to wonder how they convert the Canon 35mm images to digital, and > >where they found large format instead of medium format Hasselblads. > > > >Maybe I'm just being overly picky. > > > >And maybe she doesn't need to know what equipment her staff is using > >because she has a great eye for composition and news value. > > > >Anyone with knowledge of the newspaper business care to chime in here? > > > >--Bob > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey