#111 - Något jag hittade på nätet...

...THE LEICA MANUAL
A Manual for the Amateur and Professional Covering the Field of Miniature Camera Photography

 by WILLARD D. MORGAN, Contributions Editor,  Life Magazine . . . . HENRY M. LESTER, Cinephotographer

and Contributors

Nästan sexhundra sidor visdom om Leica, handhavande, val av film,  hur man framkallar etc. Boken utgavs första gången 1935.

Har valt kapitel 25 som ett exempel på vad man kan hitta i den. Texten känns förvånansvärt aktuell ;.)

CANDID, STAGE AND NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

J. WINTON LEMEN
Chief Photographer, The Buffalo Times

CANDID is the biggest word in photography today . . . CANDID is the everlasting cry of editors, photographers and camera makers Get on the band wagon and make your pictures the CANDID way if you want to keep up with the parade. Candid pictures have invaded every field of photography with the possible exception of Photomicrography. The candid way has so completely invaded the field of news and stage photography that we are covering all three branches under this one heading.

Candid pictures, in the very meaning of the term, are true to life; they are in step with the tempo of our time; they are full of expression, spirit and verve. Their interpretation of life today is of such widespread appeal that candid pictures are sweeping the entire field of topical illustration, magazine covers, society pictures, scientific assignments, and sports jobs. Even the usual carefully posed, lighted and retouched fashion illustrations have succumbed to the lure of the free, natural, and spontaneous style known as candid.

Candid pictures are the end... not the means. The subjectmatter is candid or it is not candid. The camera that makes the negative is not the determining factor. This is somewhat contrary to the claims made by some manufacturers that their camera is a candid camera... actually any camera may be used in a candid manner.

Some cameras are eminently suitable for producing this popular type of picture, while others are not. After twelve years' experience photographing with all kinds of equipment, from vantage points as unstable as a 225 foot flag pole and the brink of Niagara Falls, I have been forced to the conclusion that the qualifications for candid photography are compactness, ability to make many photos in rapid succession, the availability of ultra speed and long focus lenses, and range finder focusing. These features come complete only in the miniature camera.

#110B - Glömde en sak...

....var på dop idag i Kullerstad kyrka!

Äldsta sonen har döpt sin senaste produktion - Klara Emilia - i Kullerstad Kyrka, Skärblacka.

Från vänster : Roland (gammelfarfar), Klara Emilia (sondotter), Andreas (äldste son), Anders Berlin (Farfar), Vilhelm (sonson).

Fotograf är Hanna Berlin (dotter)

#110 - FFN på Täppan imorgon...

...tar med världens största mätsökarkamera samt en bild på en ordförande och ett glatt humör! Visst ses vi alla fotonördar i Norrköping?

#109 - Miss Leica Noctilux strippar i en Canon-tidning...

...LFI! 

Inspirerad av Morgan Larms senaste blogginlägg så skapade jag denna rubrik i rent forskningssyfte. Undrar hur många träffar den rubriken genererar?

Det nya numret av LFI (i vilken man kan se Leica Noctilux "strippad") låg i brevlådan när jag kom hem efter en ganska stressig dag på jobbet, så nu väntar sängen, läsglasögonen och en stunds "kameraporr" innan ögonlocken sluts för en återhämtning innan morgondagens fasor uppenbarar sig.

Min väntan på en X1 fortsätter att dra ut på tiden, senaste ankomstdatum beräknas till mitten på mars. Personligen så gissar jag på att kameran anländer i slutet på året och har då bytt namn till Leica X3 ;-)