[LRflex] Re: Ted Grant's REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS book and DVD with addendum.
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 07:01:44 -0700
At 5/8/2009, you wrote:
David,
I looked at the first 15 pages electronically...will I ever shoot
B&W like that! :{ Intro also intrigued me equally. Ordered
the book right away. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
I am finding this forum very useful as well as congenially
friendly. The snipping found in some other forums is pleasingly
completely absent.
Recently, Doug Herr recommended I buy a Leica Vario-Elmar-R
4/80-200M vice the much more expensive Vario-Apo-Emarit-R
2.8/70-180mm. I took his advice and bought the former for $1,000
from eBay bestseller store in Hong Kong. Got my first pictures back
(Ektar 100) today and the outside spring colors were stunning. More
importantly, the lens indeed appears to be Mint internally as well
as externally.
Point is I am profiting both financially and hopefully eventually
artistically. Wife and I live in Stuttgart, Germany and we're
driving to Prague today, which is a photographers dream for
architecture, etc.
Thanks to all,
Kevin
Good Mornin' Kevin...
It was not just Doug who recommended the 80~200/4 Vario. ;-)
I got hooked when, some years ago, I'd been musing, on this list,
about buying one. A few evenings later, our own Dr. Ted, and his
lovely wife - Irene, arrived at our home, for dinner. At the door,
Ted reached into his pocket, pulled out his Vario and handed it to
me, saying "Try it for a few days..."!
I was stunned, but after that, there was no going back!
I was lucky, for I managed to find one of the very rare 3-cam
versions (only a few hundred were made), so that I could use it on my
SL, as well the R8 I had, at that time. But the ROM version is
plentiful and quite reasonably priced.
It is a wonderful lens ... sharp as a tack. The 70~180/2.8 is
faster, but from the photos it is impossible for me to tell the shots
of one, from shots of the other. And the /4 is so much easier to
handle and pack around! It is one of the highest performing, most
under-rated lenses in the Leica arsenal.
I hope you like the book. I've just got notice that my copy has been
shipped and I'm very much looking forward to reading it. Consider
getting the DVD of his documentary, as well... it's worth every penny.
Well, I've rambled on, enough. Welcome to the group!
Cheers!
David.
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David Young
Logan Lake, BC
Wildlife Photos: www.furnfeather.net
Personal Website: www.main.furnfeather.net
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