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Jan,

The photos are great at 16 by 20, sharp as a tack but of course a little grainy, a look I tend to

like.

-Andrew

I can't figure out how to post multiple pictures so sorry for this extra post.

-andrew

I really don't think it matters whether it is a rangefinder or an slr. Steady hands are the issue.

I use both in low light situations usually around 1/4 to 1/2 second exposures with no tripod

and they are fine. The color photos are shot on a 20d at 1600 iso, 1/3 second @ f/3.2. The

black and white is shot on a Leica M6, at 1/4 second, f/2.8 on T max3200 rated at 1250.

Both are ambient light, no flash.

1) It is not a Leica.

2) I would bet a lot of money it is a digital camera. The images

were up on magnum's website way too quick for it to be film.

And they look like hell technically.

3) I understand it is Magnum but there isn't a photo from the

RNC that most professional photographers couldn't take. And

don't take this the wrong way. I just think it is very very difficult to

take different amazing protest photographs. Even Nachtwey's

pictures from a protest in the US last year that were in Time

weren't very special and we all know how amazing he is.

That's my two cents.

The company is MTN, Cost for a cell phone is 100$ to 300 $ US dollars

depending on what phone you want, product depends on what phone you

want, and you buy airtime minutes.....if someone calls you the minutes arent

subtracted. so it is like a phone here in the US pay as you go. It is like 10

cents a minute US to call locally, about 50 cents to call within east africa and a

dollar a minute to call the US......that is all estimates but close.

21 years old. bought it when i was 19 off you photo.net folks for

a damn good price. everyone says a leica is expensive but when

you get an m6 and a 35 f/2 aspherical for $1500 how can you go

wrong. so i will make the arguement that you don't have to be

rich to buy one just work for a little bit. a digital is much more

money..... but film does add up.

Dayton,

Good post. I don't understand why more photographers do not

use point and shoot digital cameras. Quality wise it is good

enough for publication. It is not the camera that makes the

picture but the photographer. In a situation like the Reagan

funeral what do you need a better shutter response for? There

isn't much action. I am going to include a link that most of you

have probably seen before. Alex Majoli, Magnum Photos, won

NPPA Magazine POY with a point and shoot Olympus.

http://www.apple.com/pro/photo/majoli/

I think as photographers we get too caught up in the equipment

aspect of it. What does it matter what we take it with? One can

make a million arguements why to shoot with a Leica over a

Canon or a Canon over a Nikon or film over digital and vice versa

but in the end it is just a tool. And as a painter doesn't have one

brush, we shouldn't have one camera.

I am looking for a good place to begin testing d 76 1:3 on the new

trix film. If you have any ideas of where to begin please email me

at fbmecd@hotmail.com

I have a question about the focusing on the M6. If I am focusing on

a word it is not crisp. the letter is extended down a few mm if you

know what I am saying. Do you think this is causing focus problems

at all? I am not sure but I don't think it would. Just making

sure. I don't have a real way to check. I am in Uganda now headed

down to Rwanda in a few days. If you can send me an email about this

at aah8102@rit.edu I would really appreciate it. Andrew Henderson