On 5/30/09, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody else read > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html > Mike Johnston's little ode to simplicity and the Leica as a teacher. > > I'm seriously thinking about giving the basic concept a try. Not with > a Leica though, but rather with either a Yashica FX-3 or Nikon FM2n > and a fast normal. I don't feel like paying the Leica tax and my FX-3 > in particular cost less than the eBay/Paypal transaction fees on even > a cheap M.
Mike suggested something similar back when he was writing the Sunday Morning Photographer. It wasn't Leica-specific, but it was "get a manual camera and a prime lens, pick a film, and shoot a roll a week for a certain amount of time." I did that for a few weeks with the K1000 and an M28/3.5 and that Agfa 400 color film that used to come in the funky 8 packs. Then I started shooting several rolls per week. And it lasted about 5 or 6 months. I don't know if it made my pictures any better, but I sure liked them more. I guess I need to do it again, because now that I take this shit too seriously I don't much care for my pictures. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
