Lama-Jim wrote:
It was very kind of the interviewer to ask the Nikon representative
which MODEL of digital camera Ansel would have selected this
year. Sheesh! [...]
What Would Ansel Do?
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/ontech/0,15704,560361,00.html
Coincidentally, I've just been reading some biographies etc., about
Ansel & other f/64 people, without coming across any reference yet to
him working with a Nikon. In smaller formats, Contax, Contaflex,
Leica R-4, yes. . . but most of all Hasselblad--his preferred axe in
later years when dragging around view-camera gear became too much.
It does sound like Ansel was a bit of a gadget freak--he seems to
have *tried* every conceivable camera and lens at least once,
including getting some freebies from manufacturers. He had a long
relationship with Edwin Land as a beta-tester for Polaroid materials.
But I just happened onto this quote, on pg. 59 of Ansel's "Examples:
The Making of 40 Photographs":
"I give full credit to the excellent scientists and technicians in
the photographic industry. [....] However very few photographic
manufacturing technicians comprehend photography as an art form, or
understand the kind of equipment the creative person requires. The
standards are improving in some areas, however: in my opinion, modern
lenses approach the highest possible levels of perfection, and
today's negative and printing materials are superior to anything I
have known and used in the past. I am sure the next step will be the
electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it."
[published 1983; he died in April '84.]
Apologies for the lack of OM content,
--Ross
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