Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea well he's shooting people close in around the world and is rather known for doing so. Plus gets results in the fine print area. That's why I posted it having just by chance having come upon it. So its not like DSLR's are for long teles then never printed on paper. We can have our own very interesting ideas on alternate gear. Its just that the vast majority of top photographic crafts people are NOT using alternate gear. Somehow they all manage to get away with it. Mark William Rabiner > From: "wildlightphoto at earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 18:02:36 -0400 > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] a quick hello > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>>> > 30x40 by the way seems to be the format JAMES NACHTWEY is using in his > latest show in LA with output using K3 Epson inks and printer and from a > canon full frame camera. Preferring wide glass. > <<< > > [RANT] > I don't care what format Nachtwey or any other famous person is using. The > context of his photos and his target market are entirely different from > mine, as they are for numerous other people who know what they want from > their camera. I care more about the content and quality of my photos than > what's good enough for someone else. > > Where the format and brand of camera a famous person uses matters is when > selling a product to people who don't know what they want or how to get > what they want. It's hero worship and marketing departments use it to > manipulate us into buying their products. > [/RANT]