Dear Walt,
You should get the ultimate accessory. How strong is your wife? (making
assumptions here...)
Tom
On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 10:41, Walt Wayman <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] 35mm vs. 6x7??? - vs 4x5" saying:
> You worked with Karsh? Wow. I am getting a bit green -- must be
> the envy. I've got the book "Karsh, A Fifty-Year Retrospective"
> from the New York Graphic Society. Anytime I think I'm getting
> really good, I put my meager accomplishments in the proper
> perspective by thumbing through either this or one of the Ansel
> Adams books. Although all my large format equipment is long gone,
> I've still got eight old 6x9 cameras and 18 lenses, from 47 to
> 270mm, so I haven't completely lost touch with working slowly and
> deliberately. After schlepping the gear around, working slowly
> lets you catch your breath and rest your back.
>
> Walt Wayman
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:48:45 -0500
>
> ---SNIP---
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> >When I worked with Yousuf Karsh, 4x5 was considered the miniature
> >format, as most of his portraits were done with an 8x10 camera.
> >Much easier to retouch invisibly, but heavier to carry. So he had
> >the ultimate accessory, an assistant.
> >
> >tOM
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