| Photogs / Photo Exhibits This is the place to discuss a particular Photographer (work, style, life, whatever), as well as to post Gallery and Museum Photo Exhibitions and your own impressions of them. As we march on in this new digital world, it is often too easy to forget about the visual importance of the photographic print, as well as their financial importance to the photographer. It is also interesting to remember that some guy named Gene Smith shot with lenses that many lens test reading "never had a picture published in their life" amateurs would turn up their their noses at, as being "unacceptable." |
06-15-2012
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one day at a time
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never heard of this guy before this post. WHo is he? I shoot with an M4 and DR Summicron too.
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06-17-2012
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06-17-2012
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Beautiful camera, terrible music, probably no more of a dbag than most people in his position.
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06-20-2012
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it's not just about celebs with cameras...rff is going south...getting into the habit of being negative...i would like to think that we are better than that.
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I'm all for sweetness and light but surely a little leg pulling is acceptable? I admit that my post would have been better for a couple of smilies 
As for everything going to the bad, I don't see that at all. What I do see is that people on the internet feel free to be honest. Isn't that a good thing?
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06-20-2012
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I like John Mayer's music, and as a musician myself I can appreciate that the guy's one heck of a player. He also is one of the most successful acts of the past decade whose new album is numbe one (despite all the "who is John Mayer?" posts) so when he talks about film and vintage rangefinders on his blog, we should all be thrilled. I don't like Justin Bieber's music, but if he told his millions of admirers about how much he loves his new M4, I'd be his newest fan. It's fashionable to bash JM; I get it. But in this case it makes no sense to me. The most popular thread in the past week has been the one about slide film, with many on here, myself included, cramming our brains to come up with ideas to keep slide film (and, by extension, film itself) alive. A huge boost to that cause would be a celebrity coming out in support of film. Then one of the world's biggest does just that and what happens? He gets bashed (by many, not all) on a forum dedicated to rangefinders. It's self-defeating. There seem to be a bunch of film-shooting celebs--Brad Pitt comes to mind. We should be so lucky when they happen to mention it in interviews. I wish it happened more often.
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06-20-2012
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Originally Posted by anjoca76
I like John Mayer's music, and as a musician myself I can appreciate that the guy's one heck of a player. He also is one of the most successful acts of the past decade whose new album is numbe one (despite all the "who is John Mayer?" posts) so when he talks about film and vintage rangefinders on his blog, we should all be thrilled. I don't like Justin Bieber's music, but if he told his millions of admirers about how much he loves his new M4, I'd be his newest fan. It's fashionable to bash JM; I get it. But in this case it makes no sense to me. The most popular thread in the past week has been the one about slide film, with many on here, myself included, cramming our brains to come up with ideas to keep slide film (and, by extension, film itself) alive. A huge boost to that cause would be a celebrity coming out in support of film. Then one of the world's biggest does just that and what happens? He gets bashed (by many, not all) on a forum dedicated to rangefinders. It's self-defeating. There seem to be a bunch of film-shooting celebs--Brad Pitt comes to mind. We should be so lucky when they happen to mention it in interviews. I wish it happened more often.
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...and this is the main reason that I started this thread.  Thanks for the post! |
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06-20-2012
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Originally Posted by anjoca76
I like John Mayer's music, and as a musician myself I can appreciate that the guy's one heck of a player. He also is one of the most successful acts of the past decade whose new album is numbe one (despite all the "who is John Mayer?" posts) so when he talks about film and vintage rangefinders on his blog, we should all be thrilled. I don't like Justin Bieber's music, but if he told his millions of admirers about how much he loves his new M4, I'd be his newest fan. It's fashionable to bash JM; I get it. But in this case it makes no sense to me. The most popular thread in the past week has been the one about slide film, with many on here, myself included, cramming our brains to come up with ideas to keep slide film (and, by extension, film itself) alive. A huge boost to that cause would be a celebrity coming out in support of film. Then one of the world's biggest does just that and what happens? He gets bashed (by many, not all) on a forum dedicated to rangefinders. It's self-defeating. There seem to be a bunch of film-shooting celebs--Brad Pitt comes to mind. We should be so lucky when they happen to mention it in interviews. I wish it happened more often.
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Pretty much spot on. It's quite obviously jealousy on behalf of some. |
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06-20-2012
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I had read somewhere that Brad Pitt shoots film, but didn't find anything in a short google search just now. We need more high-profilers speaking out on behalf of film, if only to make it "cool" and get others doing it.
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06-20-2012
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Yeah he shoots with Leicas (apparently an M9 and a number of film Leicas). He did the shots of Angelina Jolie and their baby.
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06-20-2012
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Bessa Driver
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Johnny Depp shoots Leica as well.
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06-22-2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aperture64
With a Leica M6.
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Damn, many at RFF would not approve...  |
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