Why, the Pentax of course! :)
Collin
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which Ms are better? Pentax M lenses or Leica M lenses?
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Perhaps. But are the lenses really that good?
I'll bet the M's are better!
: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hi,
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I think that is the essence of excellent photojournalism, actually.
The photo of Bresson's that leaps into my mind first as being all those
things is the one where a man is is leaping above
Hear! Hear!
Lukasz
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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:40 AM
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Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hi,
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I think that is the essence of excellent
Rob Studdert wrote:
The Leica R glass performs admirably but no better than the good Pentax glass from my
experience.
Several list members have remarked that the final one or two 50/1.4 Takumars were
arguably the sharpest/best normal nonmacro lens ever made. Why didn't Pentax stick
with
On 24 Apr 2002 at 5:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 24/04/02 05:33:44 GMT Daylight Time, Rob writes:
All their R
glass
is over sized and overweight IMHO. The Leica R glass performs admirably but no
better than the good Pentax glass from my experience.
I have a
mike wilson wrote:
Hi,
For information: an article in (UK) Amateur Photographer some
years ago showed that this was a crop, as were some of his other
works.
I imagine I knew that at one time :)
Note: I am _not_ belittling HCB's skill as a photographer - I
_am_ somewhat
Why would Henri Cartier-Bresson make a lousy farmer?
Cos he hated crops.
D'oh. I can't belive I wrote that.
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But he was Out standing in his field. Sorry, lousy farmer
joke.
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Why would Henri Cartier
Well up till now I was only interested in landscapes (J.Cornish/A.Adams).
Alan
Just bought HC-B 'Masters of Photography' book.
I never thought much of HC-B's work until now.
My gosh, what had you seen before?
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A propos de Paris
Alan Abbott wrote:
Just bought HC-B 'Masters of Photography' book.
I never thought much of HC-B's work until now.
I am impressed.
Does anyone know of any other good examples of his work?
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You might be surprised by the number of Leica users here.
Lukasz Kacperczyk wrote:
I ... recently made a mistake of looking through a Leica
viewfinder and firing the shutter. Well - at first I wasn't even sure
whether it actually fired (sooo quiet and vibration free).
Enough already - it's
Neither can we!
Alan
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From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Why would Henri Cartier-Bresson make a lousy farmer?
Cos he hated crops.
D'oh. I can't belive
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Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You might be surprised by the number of Leica users here.
Leica user? Judging strictly from the Leica discussion lists, I was
under the impression that that was an oxymoron.
[EMAIL
...Or, the number of folks who ~wish~ they had a Leica, Shel!
I think drooling over Leicas is fair game, even on a Pentax mail list. At least
it's a camera that has no equivalent in the Pentax line. A completely different
animal...
regards,
frank
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You might be
Perhaps. But are the lenses really that good?
I'll bet the M's are better!
Collin
At 07:56 PM 4/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
Subject: Re: Henri Cartier-Bresson
...Or, the number of folks who ~wish~ they had a Leica, Shel!
I think drooling over Leicas is fair game, even on a Pentax mail list
On 23 Apr 2002 at 20:37, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Perhaps. But are the lenses really that good?
I'll bet the M's are better!
Hi Collin,
Having owned Leica R gear and owning Leica M and Pentax SLR equipment I
wouldn't hesitate to say that I think that the Pentax 35mm SLRs complement the
He drove me nuts in the Adams documentary with his
pedantic, pontification. I did like the quote of HCB,
regarding Adams and Weston, The world is going to hell,
and they're taking pictures of rocks and trees.
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Annsan sez
I think Szarkowski loves his own
Which Ms are better? Pentax M lenses or Leica M lenses?
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Perhaps. But are the lenses really that good?
I'll bet the M's are better!
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Which Ms are better? Pentax M lenses or Leica M lenses?
For me, the Pentax ... I don't have a camera that takes the Leica ones. ;-)
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