Daido Moriyama...back to Ricoh :D

[leicapixie]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133608

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133608

Many photographers are "seen" with whatever has benefits..
Privately they use something else!Moriyama no different.
I was shooting near a Magnum photographer known for Leica.
He hauled out a non pro Nikon DSLR..😀
Use the tools for the job!
I have used real so called lousy cameras and lenses.
Folks said "Look how sharp, how nice color.If only I had a Leica/Nikon/Canon/Rollei/Hasselblad".
We are all curious, but the real truth eludes us..

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

He switched from Ricoh to a Nikon point and shoot a while before this. He doesnt care what he uses....andit didnt really matter to him.

 

[shadowfox]

I feel a bit embarrassed that I actually kind of want to know what he is using.

It's called a healthy curiosity, John 🙂

 

[jsrockit]

For his color work, he was using a Nikon. I saw him lecture at the Japan Society in NYC last year. He went back to using the Ricoh when the GR was released. I have no idea why he switched to Nikon in the first place.

Yep, I remember that...the ricoh fan boys were crushed (honestly, I saw more than a few GRs in the audience).

However, things could have changed since then. He's been seen with the Fuji X10 (or 20) and the Ricoh too.

 

[jsrockit]

It's called a healthy curiosity, John 🙂

True... could be worse I guess.

 

[Range-rover]

Hey, if the HK cam works for you...then why not!

That's just wrong :bang:

 

[David_Manning]

Leicapixie...you're not referring to DAH, are you?

 

[leicapixie]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133608

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133608

David, you are right!
A friend of mine was stunned when he accompanied another Magnum on a shoot. In place of the Leica, out came a Nikon with 28mm! The Magnum mentioned needing "more exact framing".
Oh! I was faster in seeing a scene. DAH was sharper..

 

[David_Manning]

Funny.

I saw video of David Alan Harvey in Rio shooting both a mid-level Nikon dSLR and a Leica. Makes sense...low-light or fast action, dSLR, thoughtful candid...RF. They really are just tools.

I just like my tools 😀

 

[David_Manning]

As an aside (I reserve the right to redirect the thread, since I'm the OP) I've been shooting a Canon EOS M and 22mm prime as a APS-C P&S, and really like it. Plenty of megapixels, 35mm FoV (my favorite) and a surprisingly sharp f2 lens. It's basically a digital Contax T3 for me...though the lens doesn't retract.

Which reminds me...time to get out the door and shoot some compact camera shots!