[geeks] photogeeks?

[dave at cca.org]

donindigo2 at mac.com writes:

>on 5/16/02 10:10 PM, alex j avriette at avriettea at speakeasy.net wrote:

>> "range fingers"? What I like most about the first one is it seems to me
>> to be uncontrived. The other two were kind of cliche. Pretty, but
>> cliche. After you've sat and figured out the right focus and so on,
>> where's the spontaneity?

>Leica rangefinder cameras might be considered the original point and shoots.
>Mine are between 30 and 65 years old. They were created for off-the-cuff
>style shooting. Takes a lot of practice, however. What's creative about
>letting your camera decide what is going to be in focus, and what the
>exposure is going to be?

Man Ray was an ultra-minimalist about photography equipment, and
he was the first person to get photography accepted as "serious art".
His work is still amazing.

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