Just a stray thought...
In the 50s I shot news and street with a Rollei at eye-level.
Frequent comment from print-lookers, *"Wow that's great quality for a 35."*
(Leica being the un-said word here.)
Rick
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Moose = If it is a photograph, it was taken with a camera, but that's not
> the important thing about it.
>
>
> It's actually a pretty simple equation:
>
> Photographer + Technology = Photograph
>
> To achieve a certain level of photograph you either need a better
> photograph or better technology. A poor photographer with incredible
> technology will frequently achieve equivalent quality results to an
> incredible photographer with poor technology. But there is most
> definitely a sliding scale between the two and the level of photograph
> isn't static. An incredible photographer with incredible technology
> can result in an incredible photograph.
>
> However,
>
> In the case of MJ's assumptions about BW+Street+Film=Leica, he's a bit
> off his rocker only because his experience has shown him that more
> often than not, to achieve a certain result (usually not seen in
> technical details, but in the timing of the photograph--capturing the
> moment, as well as other clues). I see it in my own photography--when
> I shoot in the style of Leica my photographs take on a different look
> than if I shoot in the style of Olympus. Depending on the camera, I'm
> able to achieve the results of Leica without shooting a Leica. I can
> shoot the OM-3Ti more like a Leica than I can the E-1.
>
> AG
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