James Roberts
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Well, I posted a link to this set of photographs previously, but I wanted people here to see them as well.
These were shot between midnight and 3 AM at Fremont and the Vegas Strip under the "mall roof" there.
They're proofs, actually, and in some ways don't do the M8 justice in terms of image quality.
But what's amazing about these images, warts and all, is how difficult it would have been to get these photos with a dSLR. The rangefinder is tiny and discreet, and I was able to carry a CV 15, 21, 28 and Leica 35, 50 and 75 lenses and *still* just look like a tourist.
And that's important at Fremont and the Vegas Strip at around 3 AM, as I found out. My other photographer friends were nearly, um, relieved of their Nikon gear, since it looked so expensive.
Aside from all that, these are mostly "hip shot"--even with the longer 75 (older) Lux. I find it so easy to shoot without being noticed it's quite amazing.
So bear in mind these are all proof quality--they're actually the JPEGs out of the camera and resized, except for the opening shot, which was colour corrected from a JPEG shot (nothing fancy though).
On a technical note, all of these were shot without any filter whatsoever.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50909857@N00/sets/72157600047379717/
These were shot between midnight and 3 AM at Fremont and the Vegas Strip under the "mall roof" there.
They're proofs, actually, and in some ways don't do the M8 justice in terms of image quality.
But what's amazing about these images, warts and all, is how difficult it would have been to get these photos with a dSLR. The rangefinder is tiny and discreet, and I was able to carry a CV 15, 21, 28 and Leica 35, 50 and 75 lenses and *still* just look like a tourist.
And that's important at Fremont and the Vegas Strip at around 3 AM, as I found out. My other photographer friends were nearly, um, relieved of their Nikon gear, since it looked so expensive.
Aside from all that, these are mostly "hip shot"--even with the longer 75 (older) Lux. I find it so easy to shoot without being noticed it's quite amazing.
So bear in mind these are all proof quality--they're actually the JPEGs out of the camera and resized, except for the opening shot, which was colour corrected from a JPEG shot (nothing fancy though).
On a technical note, all of these were shot without any filter whatsoever.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50909857@N00/sets/72157600047379717/