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As Larry Kincaid's pic shows, crappy photos are crappy photos, regardless of capture.

Frankly, why anyone would buy Leica glass when they can have the equivalent VC lens for 1/5th-1/8th the price is completely beyond me.

....they cost more.

 

Thats about it.

Maybe i wasnt clear: The rangefinder/viewfinder was specially coupled to the Rodenstock.

 

I dropped the camera and sent the rangefinger out of alignment.

<Graduated Syracuse College of Law with Honors>

 

Pfft. Safety school.

I've got a Polaroid 195 with a Rodenstoock Yasarex and coupled rangefinder. the

rangefinder is off and needs adjustment.

 

can someone recommend a repair service in the States?

 

Thanks.

Sorry for the addendum, but just read Jim's post-

 

I've had the same thing happen. I googled my name and found a link to a Russian website where I was featured as Artist of the Month, along with 4 pics.

 

Again, what can I realistically do? Nothing. i'm assuming they arent selling my prints, so I look at it as unwanted, yet free, publicity.

 

Tim van der Weert

I once posted a pic on PN and received an email from someone saying they had seen the same pic as a poster advertising a gallery in the Czech Republic. He gave me a website address and yup, there was my picture.

 

What to do? nothing. What realistically could I do?

 

Now I tell people i've been exhibited in Prague.

 

Tim van der Weert

Don't quit you day job.

IMHO, smaller prints (6x9) are much more powerful if matted and framed appropriately I used to exhibit 20x30; I now exhibit the same photos 6x9 in 16x20 matts, and in my opinion are much stronger that way.

 

Bigness often serves as a substitute for creativity.

 

If its not good, make it big. Even better, make it really colorful and big.

 

Tim van der Weert

www.timvanderweert.com

ask the price before you buy.

Yes, great photos. Congrats

 

Tvdw

 

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Use any M mount adapter with it. The purpose of a dedicated adapter is so it'll bring up the correct frameline for the lens. since the m6 doesnt have a 25 mm frameline, you just need an adapter to physically mount the lens, thats it.

3 bodies, 6 lenses?

 

What, is National Geographic sending you?

 

Take a body and a 35mm. you'll be fine.

 

Throw in the 21mm if you're feeling really frisky.

"My photographic ethos is to be able to spend time creating projects that represent the scene that I am photographing as truthfully as a representation can be. I want my photographs to be an honest account of what I am portraying, but still demonstrating technical skill and artistic composition."

 

Pascale-

 

I admire your question. I think it IS valuable to question your aesthetic assumptions via theory. it makes you THINK about what you are doing and gives direction and meaning to the projects you undertake. Ignore the philistines who'll tell you theory is "BS."

 

I think what i've qouted of you above answers a part of your question. It presupposes the idea that you believe your photos can be an honest representation of what's "out there." Where, then, does "your eye" enter into the equation? I would suggest that the fact that "you" make distinctions about what you photograph and how you photograph it takes the result out of the realm of pure document. There is no such thing as a pure document, only your interpretation of it.

 

Tim van der weert

How about a Canon P with a Jupiter 8 50mm f2? About 280$ total. You've got 920$ left to buy a Leica hat with.

Go find another dealer. This ones clearly going to be out of business soon. Your 20k clearly hasnt bought you any goodwill.

Tri-X @ 250 ISO souped in rodinal.

Yes

Alok-

 

No need for apology for "ignorance." Hadnt i known any better, I'd assume the same as you. Yeah, its very common, probably the norm, certainly at Magnum or Agency VU to have your photos developed and printed by a printer.The really good photographers will develop a relationship with a specific printer - In HCB's case, at least since the early 60's, his work was done by Picto in Paris and their head printer, georges fevres, did it all personally.George died his past Feb, but almost to the end he printed for HCB (until his death), koudelka and at points for about everybody who was anybody in Magnum.

 

Georges' skills were INCREDIBLE. He could make anybody look like an artist.

<While HCB maybe never used a meter, he was shooting B&W with a lot of latitude. If he's been shooting slides, much of his work could have been unusable.>

 

I knew his "master Printer", georges fevres, well. GF told me that HCB's negatives were universally terrible.

 

So much for the photo gods being any different than most of us....

Thank you for the comments.

 

Maybe I'll rethink the flash thing.

 

Most, of the work was shot with a Leica of some kind or another.

 

And, i especially liked the "The photos reveal a very nice body of work, which is to say a consistently innovative creativity as regards our human interface with this business of existence" comment. Peter is clearly destined for great things as a photo critic.

 

And thanks to my old friend Andrew lee. Nice guy and a very good photographer. Where can we see your work, Andrew?

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I'm with Roger. That's not normal wear. My guess is the owner wanted to get that "used" look and applied some sort of chemical to the body. the vulcanite bubbling is a pretty clear indication.