As do I. Fortunately, I don't own many Leica lenses, and I didn't have much room in my luggage. <g> Paul
U+B Scheffler wrote: > > I think there is yet another thing Paul teaches us: One camera with one > (prime) lens can be enough to get impressive photos. > I admit I often forget that fact. > Regards, Bernd > > -------------------original > message------------------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 17:54:25 -0400 > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Tres biens faites, Paul! Ils sont tous incroyable. > > You've convinced me of two things: > > First, it's always been a dream of mine to go to Paris some day. Now I want > to all the more. > > Second, I don't want to get rid of my Leica :-( > > But, how did you do it? No autofocus. No matrix metering. No ttl > metering. No metering at all! Didn't your wrist get tired > cranking that winder all day? <vbg> > > Seriously, great work, Paul. That's a portfolio anyone can be proud of. > > cheers, > frank > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > On a recent business trip to Paris I decided to stay over one day and > > shoot some film. I had only my 1953 vintage Leica iiif and Summicron > > 50/2, but that seemed an appropriate choice for a Paris walkaround. I > > shot from ten in the morning until ten at night, walking about 20 miles > > in the process. Rather than take a lot of tourist photos, I tried to > > capture little glimpses of everyday life in the city. I interspersed > > these with some shots of the landmarks I passed. You can find them here > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=311283 > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer
