jlam Posted February 11, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 11, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Presidential shutterbug - RT Top Stories Should put him on the M9 Delivery Register thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 Hi jlam, Take a look here Russian president on photography and M9. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
M. Valdemar Posted February 11, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 11, 2010 He actually sounds like he would fit in on this forum very nicely. He used FSU equipment in his youth, knows how to use a darkroom, appreciates digital cameras but still enjoys film too. And he's a Leicaphile. What's not to like? Maybe he's a lurker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matlep Posted February 11, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 11, 2010 Presidential shutterbug - RT Top Stories Should put him on the M9 Delivery Register thread He could also be a part of the "The sexy stuff for M9" thread. Noticed he had both a handgrip and a magnifier on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsjxyz Posted February 11, 2010 Share #4 Posted February 11, 2010 He must been a long time leica users, considering he is still using the old Nocti. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 11, 2010 Share #5 Posted February 11, 2010 He also said he happened to like the red edges on wide angle shots. 8-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Calahan Posted February 11, 2010 Share #6 Posted February 11, 2010 We need to invite him to join! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgay Posted February 11, 2010 Share #7 Posted February 11, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) You'll find a better quality video feed here - direct from the Kremlin Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manolo Posted February 11, 2010 Share #8 Posted February 11, 2010 Smena 8M is his first camera, I like how he talks about using it without a rangefinder or meter (by try & error). It is grate to see how it is a worth it activity even for a president. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted February 11, 2010 Share #9 Posted February 11, 2010 Likes the S2 as well: http://tinyurl.com/yjbmkwg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfredo Posted February 12, 2010 Share #10 Posted February 12, 2010 I found this comment very intriguing, photography is “capturing that special sadness of moments already gone and never to be returned”. I don't know anything about this president's track record, but that was a very sensitive comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted February 12, 2010 Share #11 Posted February 12, 2010 Fascinating. The President and Queen Elizabeth will have something to talk about, but I don't think the Queen has gone digital yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted February 12, 2010 Share #12 Posted February 12, 2010 Fascinating. The President and Queen Elizabeth will have something to talk about, but I don't think the Queen has gone digital yet. Well, maybe one of those icons over London is for Her Majesty. I do get a few private messages, saying I can place one here, or there ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted February 12, 2010 Share #13 Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) Interesting. But his personal LEICA rep should tell him quickly how to hold a rangefinder- camera barnackwise. He is bound to see more of his fingers than of the actual scene he wants to take, if he doesn´t support the lens from underneath ... Thx, Josef, for the link, great stuff ! And an interesting video showing - from the bit you could see - quite impressive presidential photographs. Best GEORG Edited February 12, 2010 by k_g_wolf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted February 12, 2010 Share #14 Posted February 12, 2010 I don't think the Queen has gone digital yet. All considered, I don't think British surveillance cameras have gone digital yet either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted February 12, 2010 Share #15 Posted February 12, 2010 You'll find a better quality video feed here - direct from the Kremlin Regards, Mark Just watched the video. Wow! Thanks for the link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted February 12, 2010 Share #16 Posted February 12, 2010 Very interesting! And very encouraging for the large community of excellent photographers in Russia to know that they have a friend in high places. Also interesting since president Dmitiry Medvedev will visit Norway later this year. Most likely, it will be a session with the Russian president and either Norwegian Export Council or Oslo Chamber of Commerce, - or both. If so, I will try to approach president Medvedev and point out that we share the same taste for Cameras (Canon and Leica). My brother-in-law (black belt in judo) did just that with president Putin at a session between Norwegian oil industry representatives and Russian dignitaries in St.Petersburg a few years ago. - A fresh guy, my brother-in-law, who speaks fluent German - which Putin also does, exchanged judo tricks and experiences at a reception to the amusement of president Putin. 'hold my drink and I'll show ya'. - That kind of a thing. Dmitry Medvedev; does he speak English? Does anyone know? My impression is that he does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted February 12, 2010 Share #17 Posted February 12, 2010 Dmitry Medvedev; does he speak English? Does anyone know? My impression is that he does. Yes, I think he does. Anyway, he was well received here in Amsterdam when he, together with our Queen, opened the stunning Hermitage Annex we now have here. BTW: nice film! For a politician of such stature is quite a thing to free so much time and effort for a speech on a hobby (for him). He must really like photography, and Leica! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted February 12, 2010 Share #18 Posted February 12, 2010 Way to go Leica! They have made viral marketing an art using Woody Allen, Wim Wenders and now the Kremlin:D I enjoyed the video, he seems a nice guy actually and had some sensible things to say e.g. that one of the value of photo's is that they provide info of the past, and that unimportant snapshots taken now can obtain a different value precisely due to the passing of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted February 12, 2010 Share #19 Posted February 12, 2010 Yes, I think he does. Anyway, he was well received here in Amsterdam when he, together with our Queen, opened the stunning Hermitage Annex we now have here. BTW: nice film! For a politician of such stature is quite a thing to free so much time and effort for a speech on a hobby (for him). He must really like photography, and Leica! He makes a very good impression! It reminds me of that both he and Putin are 'pupils' of the (law professor) once governor of St.Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, who were a prominent reformer during and after Perestroyka, and quite popular among Russians. Sobchak could well have become president of Russia, but was outmaneuvered by forces unknown (to make a long story very short) and died under mysterious circumstances. Instead, the Russians had to endure the corrupt Yeltsin, that gave away fortunes of the huge natural resources of Russia to a small click of people; the oligarchs. I think Putin (and certainly Medvedev) is a compromise candidate between the most powerful forces in Russia; the oligarchs (that are left in Russia), the Military (including the 'military industrial complex', to cite Eisenhower) and the secret services (a powerhouse in Russian politics for the last 200 years +). Under the circumstances; Dmitry Medvedev is the best president the Russians can get. That Putin and Medvedev survived with their lives through the 90' in St.Petersburg, tells of two street smart guys with the right connections who had learned to duck at the right moment. Sure, quite a few celebrities use Leica cameras, but I know of only one more president that does: the 3rd. president of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, the Indonesian president that granted East Timor it's independence, - yet another decent guy. So, photography does something positive with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottwallick Posted February 12, 2010 Share #20 Posted February 12, 2010 He used FSU equipment in his youth It was probably SU equipment at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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