I don't know if this fits in with the purposes of this forum but here is an interesting essay by Mike Johnston, formerly editor of Photo Techniques and Camera and Darkroom. Mike has begun publishing the 37th Frame (formerly his column in PT) as a newsletter/magazine.

My justification for posting this here? The pictures were taken with a Leica. I thought it might be of interest.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/auteur.htm

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), August 31, 2001

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Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

How hasty and careless of me to hit the submit button so fast.

The article is by Mike Johnston. The pictures are by John Brownlow.

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-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), August 31, 2001.

Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

begone bold.

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), August 31, 2001.

Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

Mani

This is a marvellous link! Thanx for posting. Please include it in the thread on great picture sites I just opened.

Cheers

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), August 31, 2001.

Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

Note that at the end of the article is a link to a page for Mike Johnston's newsletter "The 37th Frame." I've received the first issue and recommend it highly. Mike was the editor of Photo Techniques magazine until a short time ago, and his writing was generally among the best stuff in each issue.

Here's the address:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/m-johnston.htm#37th Frame

-- Douglas Kinnear (douglas.kinnear@colostate.edu), September 03, 2001.

Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

Thanks for the comments--John Brownlow's pictures "make" that essay, I think--I'm really hoping he can interest a book publisher in the pictures. Also, I now have a direct website for the newsletter at www.37thframe.com.

--Mike J.

-- Mike Johnston (michaeljohnston@ameritech.net), September 03, 2001.

Response to Article by Michael Reichman w/ Street Photographs

I really enjoyed the first issue of the 37th Frame. As an amateur photographer I have been looking for someone to give me the straight scoop. And it looks like Mike will pull no punches.

BTW, Mike promises to name the best lens in the world in a future issue. I am betting on the 50 summicron. I like experienced people who are not afraid to state a point of view. It is less important whether I agree but it makes me think.

-- David Enzel (dhenzel@vei.net), September 03, 2001.

I'm hoping that Mike's "best lens in the world" is some old Japanese SLR optic that can be picked up on eBay for $50...That would sure upset some people!

-- Douglas Kinnear (douglas.kinnear@colostate.edu), September 04, 2001.

Mike promises to name the best lens in the world

Best lens for what? That's a ridiculous concept, if he actually means it.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), September 04, 2001.

"Best lens for what? That's a ridiculous concept, if he actually means it."

Why don't you wait for the column and read it before criticizing it?

-- Douglas Kinnear (douglas.kinnear@colostate.edu), September 05, 2001.

For once I have to agree with Jeff, but I doubt that someone as intelligent and articulate as MJ will approach the concept from such a simplistic POV.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), September 05, 2001.

Why don't you wait until you see the article before critisizing it? This is as bad as the religous fanatics who burn books they've never read, and ban movies they've never seen. Shame on you.

-- Bill Mitchell (bmitch@home.com), September 05, 2001.

We are bad, we are bad, we are bad bad bad, no doubt about it we are bad.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), September 05, 2001.

Remember that when Mike writes about the best lenses or cameras, he always admits that his ideas and opinions are completely, 100% subjective, and that we as readers can merely take it or leave it. His writing is completely enjoyable for me. Why would anybody go to one source to find out the impossible question of "the best lens?" I don't think Mike has ever presumed to be "the guru on the hill."

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@mail.com), September 05, 2001.

nice to SEE pictures in lusenet, good work John Brownlow´s. What else to say...

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 05, 2001.