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Subject: [Leica] ireland photos & airport xrays
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Thu Jul 24 14:03:40 2008
References: <C4ADF3D5.FBE5%doug@ricecracker.net> <4888EBAA.9030808@san.rr.com>

Bresson's Ireland images for Magnum were B&W.

Now black n tan is my preferred method.

Chirs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@san.rr.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] ireland photos & airport xrays


> Douglas,
>
> It should be illegal to photograph anything in Ireland in black and white!
>
> Do you remember the expression "Forty Shades of Green"?
>
> Jerry
>
>
> doug kim wrote:
>> hi everyone,
>>
>> been lurking for so long again, thought I'd contribute some pics:
>>
>> http://www.ricecracker.net/ireland.php
>>
>> did an interesting test for myself: I brought the nikon F5 instead of the 
>> M6
>> because I wanted to see if the leica gear really changed the way I shot 
>> or
>> if I was just gear fetishizing and obsessing over a brand name.
>>
>> the judgement: the F5 was so obnoxiously huge, it announced my presence
>> wherever I was and it absolutely determined how and what I photographed. 
>> a
>> good lesson learned.
>>
>> also at the dublin airport, they absolutely refused to hand check my film
>> and told me even high speed film was ok. I gave in after half an hour of
>> protests and was furious the entire ten hour flight home.
>>
>> and the film was fine!!! even TMZ pushed to 6400!!!!
>>
>> who knew?
>>
>> doug
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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