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 2, 2009, at 12:15 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Traditionally - perhaps. > > If you saw Geoff's recent print shared in the print exchange > you may think differently about the M8 as a landscape tool. > > I'm not sure how large a print he could take it to. > But at 8x10 it looks like a contact print from an 8x10 negative. yes, I agree the M8 can do wonders, especially at 8X10... but, as a chosen landscape tool... ? would you use a view camera for street photography? Steve > > Stunning really. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> this is a terribly interesting discussion Geoff, and the points you >> mention, really get me thinking further about something I already >> deeply believe, >> >> the quest for technical excellence above spontaneity and content >> would certainly force me to consider large format, super large >> negatives, or whatever :-) , as well as a tripod... >> >> striving for that level of pure technical excellence, would not >> have me using a hand held camera with a cropped sensor, designed >> for quick and discrete street shooting, capturing spontaneity... >> >> as I see it, these are two quite different goals, the >> accomplishment of each one being very difficult, and the where >> withall to do each, at cross purposes... >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information