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I have an aversion to half-cases. Ralph Gibson in a talk said that he didn't like half-cases — in particular, he disliked the way the half-case muffled the sound of the shutter: he preferred to hear the shutter fully so that he could hear if the he had it set to a speed off from the speed that he wanted.

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Alone in Bangkok essay on BURN Magazine

Ralph Gibson doesn't use a Leica MP...

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A bad photo of a beautiful camera. Picked up my 40th birthday present yesterday. Extremely happy with it and very happy to own my first leica.     

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Ralph Gibson with the Leica MP he designed… 

 

 

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The MP with other film cameras of Ralph Gibson.

 

 

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Don't see why that should be disappointing. Gibson not only started shooting with an M-Monochrom but, from a recent interview, it seems that he has also has been shooting color with the M240. If you're interested in his work you may want to read this interview: 

 
 
...in which he says that, with film, he couldn't have done his latest book, Political Abstraction in a year. Here is an excerpt:
 

...The point being that I immediately achieved my visual signature through the digital space. It obeyed my visual intention. Now, that all of the sudden rang a lot of bells in my head because it meant that I could work a lot faster...I did this book in a year. I could have never processed the imagery fast enough to achieve that book in that time I did.

 

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My MP is all naked, it's convenient when you have a backpack full of medicines and syringes

(that's what happened during my last medical humanitarian mission in SE-Asia)

If we also have the strap on the camera, we will mix the backpack straps with camera strap

and we risk missing "the right time" as Jean Cartier Bresson manner :) and I risk falling with

the cam. There in my billingham bag I take the camera out right away and it's protected.

When there is no road, we walk on mountain tracks

 

Agree with Ralph Gibson.

 

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I have tried cases in the past. Always feel distant from the body. Lose the tactical feel.

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Yeah I never understood the fuss about the MP6.  Save for the number 6 by the serial number, the rest of the camera can be acquired with identical setup through the á la carte program... probably with money saved, too.

 

And why the number 6?  Why was that chosen for the Japanese market?

 

There are a handful of other Leica collectables that's I'd like to get my hands on (and use the cameras).

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Like Stephan , my two faithful companions , always with me

 

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Film is not dead !

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