This sort of photography may hold little charm if you are using a fully
auto, autofocus camera - but hey, this is the OM list! Precisely this form
of photography (with an OM1) is the main reason for my passion. Besides
which, I'm just as impressed with Sebastiao Salgado's work (my hero <sigh>)
that he took in the last decade; of course I'm _heartened_ by his use of the
M6 and 35mm lens...
IMHO (and it doesn't count for much), I still think a person's familiarity
and skill with his tools determines how effectively his vision is translated
into an image. Sofar as a genre becoming passe is concerned, so many photos
have been taken of so many subjects, that it could be argued on this basis
only digital imaging holds any hope. But of course the finest images will
always rise to the top, as you say. I still hold out the hope that truly
impressive street-photography is possible with one prime and a small quiet
body, and might even be more difficult with a big, imposing, Canon EOS 1n
auto-everything, with the motor-drive whirring, trying to capture somewhere
(amongst all those unusable, average frames) a moment where the composition
elements come together in a meaningful, and beautiful, way.
Sorry if I've misinterpreted again!! ;-)
Cheers
Andy
P.S. Any reason people seem to prefer the Zuiko 35/2.8 over the 35/2, or am
I imagining things?
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:54:19 EDT
From: PCACala@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Henri Cartier Bresson - OM equivalent to Leica M + 35/2?
<snip>
Only a masochist would want to duplicate Cartier-Bresson's style of
disdaining
an exposure meter and scale focusing. He/she would loose too many shots!
Autofocusing and programmed auto exposure allows one to do the same type of
photography with such ease that it no longer holds the charm it did when it
was a new style of seeing. It is important to me to know the year a
photograph was taken to then be able to appreciate the technical merits of
the
photo. The first practictioners of a photographic style are interesting to
me
for having been successfully creative and innovative. Eventually the genre
becomes passe' and only the finest (or boldest) of images raise to the top.
Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV
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