Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 1, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> <> HCB photographs. Same scenario, would any of >> his photographs have been worse or better with modern M glass and >> exposure >> metering? > > > Could have spoiled the whole thing Geoff, it might at least. > > I was at this HCB exhibition in Paris last Thursday. > Lots of prints, each a masterpiece. > Yet, some are on the verge of fuzzy, some are not that sharp, soft > in some cases to modern standards at least, > the sea isn't even always level, etc. > Technicalities doesn't seem to have been his concern at all, I'm > cautious here as I don't know. > > Only, each one of these 50 or 80 photographs has character. > It doesn't pop at you, you just seamlessly sink into them. > I'd bet he used the cam as he knew it could work. > I think it's all that is to say about the gear. > > And when there, you don't need to know you're there to know who was > behind the camera, whatever the camera. > That is a question you don't even ask. > Opportunity, light, geometry, every thing tells you the camera was > just a tool he used to convey his vision. > > Yet, his tireur(s) should also receive more credits. As many Wows as > there are rints exposed. > > My two Pfennig of Saukraut ;-) > Have fun in (sunny?) Berlin my friend. yes you Hoppies, have a fun, wonderful trip...wish I could go back... best, Steve > Best from Metz > Philippe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information