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Straight 6009 // "Leica Photography” Is Dead. Leica Killed It"
Nu handlar det här såklart om vad man menar med Leicafotografi! Sannolikt ett mycket subjektivt begrepp! Eller kanske ett begrepp från en svunnen tid?
Eller"– it had nothing to do with status. It was all about an eye, and a camera discreet enough to service it. They were there, with a camera that allowed them access, and they had the vision to take that shot, at that time, and to subsequently find it in a contact sheet. That was “Leica Photography.” It wasn’t about sharpness or resolution, or aspherical elements, or creamy bokeh or chromatic aberration or back focus or all the other nonsense we feel necessary to value when we fail to acknowledge the poverty of our vision"
Och vidare, "What made the ‘Leica mystique’, the reason why people like Jacques Lartigue, Robert Capa, HCB, Josef Koudelka, Robert Frank and Andre Kertesz used a Leica, was because it was the smallest, lightest, best built and most functional 35mm camera system then available. It wasn’t about the lenses. Many, including Robert Frank, used Zeiss, Nikkor or Canon lenses on their Leicas. It was only in the 1990’s, with the ownership change from the Leitz family to Leica GmbH, that Leica reinvented itself as a premier optical manufacturer. The traditional rangefinder business came along for the ride, but Leica technology became focused on optical design. Today, by all accounts, Leica makes the finest photographic optics in the world, with prices to match".
Läs mera! http://leicaphilia.com/leica-photography-is-dead-leica-killed-it/
Och på Leicaphilia finns ett antal andra intressanta länkar till mera Leicaläsning!
Och vem vet, med den nytillverkade analoga Leica M6 så kanske begreppet "Leica Photography" kan komma tillbaka! :)
/Bengan
Det var i en gången tid, som slutade i 70-talet. Idag är det ett kommersiellt jippo. Det klart att det finns en del proffs än idag som använder Leica, men merparten använder andra verktyg.
Några av oss drömmare lever över ännu. Men kolla vad ungdomarna och några proffs använder idag.
Jag tror tyvärr att det är hjärnan som tar bilden. Inte kameran.
Ha det fint i snön
Bob
https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/shotkit-we-asked-1000-photographers-what-camera-they-use-in-2022-and-the-results-surprised-us/
/Stephan