Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] One camera, one lens
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:12:52 -0500
References: <CABXy405XT4BZ8mkOXAd_NiBP+Eh9M=CGviWx3NJUoOrYPaXyFg@mail.gmail.com> <1B7785F7-B033-4F7E-BE47-73321B17E27D@frozenlight.eu>

I probably could sell all my lenses except my 35 and 50 Summicrons for what
little use any of the others get.  Truth told, the 35 is almost welded to
the M9, as it was to the M8,  M7, and M6 and the M4-2 and the CL.


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:

> Thanks for the link, Ken. I too found it very liberating when I just used
> the Fuji X100 with its fixed lens on a trip. Sometimes I do go out with a
> one- or two-lens outfit at most, especially when travelling on business
> (which is often).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
> YNWA
>
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> On Sep 4, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote:
>
> > The New York Times recently ran an article about Jerome Delay,
> chronicling
> > the humanitarian struggles in Mali.
> >
> > What made this particularly interesting, at least to me, that his
> equipment
> > is utterly simple: one camera, and one 50/1.4 lens.
> >
> > Perusing through his work, the most remarkable aspect of his images is
> the
> > transparency and immediacy. With the "normal" perspective that the lens
> > provides, it removes all distractions such as geometric distortion,
> > perspective exaggerations, and peeping-tom voyeurism so prevalent on
> > today's pages.
> >
> > These images speak very powerfully, not because of the super-high-tech
> > (which it is) wizardry, but how distractions caused by unnatural
> > perspectives are eliminated. Yet, his works have depth and focus that
> many
> > other photographers try to create using super-wide or super-tele lenses.
> > Even the crooked horizon in a couple of of the photographs isn't
> > distracting.
> >
> >
> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/the-lens-is-standard-the-photos-anything-but/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Iisaka
> > first name at last name dot org or com
> >
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Regards,

Sonny
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1714
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USA


In reply to: Message from ken at iisaka.com (Ken Iisaka) ([Leica] One camera, one lens)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] One camera, one lens)