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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:00:28 +1100
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From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Hardware fetish (long), was Re: [OM] Jane Bown
Of course - it's about toys and the love of wonderful bits of perfectly
designed machinery as well as photographs. Otherwise, I'd sell most of
what I've got, buy a couple of strobes and use one body, one lens, one
film and GET IT PERFECT. Naaa....I'll just go on buying bits up to the
limit on my card to the point where I can't actually afford film.
Andrew
>Exactly. She's concentrating on more important issues. What about Don
>McCullin, who only used two lenses for most of his images. I have a couple
>of superb books by mountaineering photographer Gordon Stainforth. His love
>of the mountains shines in his work, and he uses a Hasselblad with 50, 80 &
>150 for nearly everything. An article on Chris Bonnington I have from 1992
>says he used an OM4Ti below the snowline and an OM1 above. He said, "I tend
>to stick with just one lens, usually a 24mm, and take a 35-70 zoom as a
>backup". He's used the same film for so long he doesn't need a meter,
>particularly at altitude. Someone posted a note a while ago about Jon
>Nicholson, a pro using OM kit. He often keeps to just 35 & 50 because they
>suit his way of creating photographs.
>
>I know, I'd love to use a 16mm fisheye, an 18mm and so on, but back in the
>real world I am most comfortable with my old, well-worn SC 35 f2.8. When I
>put that lens or my 50mm on an OM body I feel like I'm 'plugged in' in some
>way. Simplicity is the key IMHO.
>Simon E.
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