Leica LTM Ken Rockwell's take on why Cartier-Bresson only shot with a 50

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FPjohn said:
A fair minded observation has been made that article points to a Leica kit as good value. Not entirely kneejerk...

Mr Rockwell has apparently replaced Mr Puts as chief provocateur.:)

yours
FPJ
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He would need the Vatican’s approval to replace Mr Puts

:enigmatic:
 
yanidel said:
This information comes from a HCB biography which I recommend, an amazing book.
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Which biography is that? And is it written in English or in French? I could read it in a few days if the former, or a few months if the latter! (Je lis comme enfant de cinq ans!)
--Dave
 
Argenticien said:
Which biography is that? And is it written in English or in French? I could read it in a few days if the former, or a few months if the latter! (Je lis comme enfant de cinq ans!)
--Dave
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The one I read (in French) is the following :http://www.amazon.fr/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-LOeil-du-si%C3%A8cle/dp/2070414108/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228924187&sr=1-3It seems to exist in English version :http://www.amazon.fr/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-Biography-Pierre-Assouline/dp/050051223X/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228924187&sr=1-12 Go for the French ... so you learn two things at the same time ... while in homeland security jails ;)
 
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kevin m said:
[sarcasm] An American who reads French! Good Lord, we must report this to Homeland Security ASAP! [/sarcasm] :D
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LOL! Too late. DHS are already on to me. There is a process running on my computer, called DHSspy.exe, which I cannot terminate or uninstall, and when I read Forum photo argentique, I notice that this process starts generating network traffic, presumably reporting my treason back to Headquarters.

Thanks, Yanidel, for the links to the books. I shall have to attempt one or the other if I can find them aux États-Unis.
 
Q: Why do so many Leica users lack a sense of humour?

A: Because it's never been listed in any Leitz or Leica catalogue










Hmm – some of you have spoiled this joke already
 
" [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Then the light turned on. After many decades of thinking Cartier-Bresson shot with just one lens because it let him shoot faster and smoother, I realized that Cartier-Bresson was, duh, a journalist. Journalists don't get paid anything. They aren't the rich hobbyists who buy Leicas, romanticize about the fascination and unique "Leica look," which is how the cameras look sitting in their glass display cases and Danish Royal Wedding presentation boxes.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Cartier-Bresson obviously went to a Parisian camera store, and bought his Leica and lens after much saving and scrimping. [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]He liked it, and when he went back to get another lens, found out the price, shouted "Merde!" and promptly waked out. Cartier-Bresson never again dared to return to a camera store.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]That's why he only shot with one lens his whole career: it's all he could afford!"[/FONT]

heh.... I didn't realize that Ken Rockwell hung out with Cartier Bresson OR had a time machine to travel back in time.

I'm now going to refer to him as Ken (What A C)Rockwell :D

Cheers,
Dave
 
This popped up on my reader, and I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make a thread about it here.

I love Ken Rockwell. Why?

Because he has an uncanny ability to bring out the most juvenile responses in so many people. He creeps and crawls under skins, pricking as he goes, all the while laughing to himself, and at everybody else, whose skin he just pricked. I did not read past the first post, it was good enough for me, and I've seen enough Rockwell threads. The closest thing I can compare it too is a 14 year old girl leaving a message on her friends myspace wall, typed something like this :

OMGGGGGG LOLZ LOLZ RCKWLL IS SOOOOOOO WRNG!!!!! OMG HE KNWS NUFIN BOUT LIECA! LOLZ LOLZ HE SHUD JUST STFU OMG OMG HE DUSNT EVN TAKE GUD PICS!!!

Most of you need to learn how to take a joke.
 
I know the article is in jest, but to the question of HCB and his camera shopping habits; don't you think that if HCB let the word out that say, he wanted a 28mm lens, that Leica would have just given him one, or two?
 
It's like The Onion newspaper. Man I hate that thing and consider it a waste of newsprint. Lots of people love it though. Opinions vary.
 
Most of you need to learn how to take a joke.

Except he wasn't making a joke, he was being sincere. He is in fact totally wrong about pretty much everything in that post. (Which is par for the course for him.)
 
An author's tone is often quite difficult to discern in print. So, there's room for interpretation.

KR is "dangerous" - because he writes first to amuse himself, imho. He seems to prefer to bend an untruth toward provocation than to state a dull truth. Toward the end of his article, you'll see that he steers back to straight-forward exposition, more or less. At least most of the time. And readers will hate it or appreciate it, to taste.

Me, I find him amusing.
 
kevin m said:
Yes, it's like pouring treason right on your vegetables! :D
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THAT is funny :D

[/I said:
funkaoshi]Most of you need to learn how to take a joke.

Except he wasn't making a joke, he was being sincere. He is in fact totally wrong about pretty much everything in that post. (Which is par for the course for him.)
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And that.. wow, just wow. :bang:
 
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