colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 20, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Some people are quick to pour scorn on the modern Leica M as a camera for posers, not to be used for anything more than snapping the pet cat. So hats off to this photographer featured prominently on today's Trump impeachment inquiry coverage, snapping away with a Leica M10 variant. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/303638-leica-m10-at-trump-impeachment-inquiry/?do=findComment&comment=3858249'>More sharing options...
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pedaes Posted November 20, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 20, 2019 Well spotted. Hope it is not fake news! 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted November 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, pedaes said: Well spotted. Hope it is not fake news! Very good. Fake noooz! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted November 20, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 20, 2019 Are you sure that this a Leica M10 (or any other Leica M)? I am missing the small rangefinder window and am somwhat irritated by the chrome lever on the lens. I am not so knowledgeable about Fuji cameras, but could that be some kind of Fuji product? Cheers, Andy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted November 20, 2019 Share #5 Posted November 20, 2019 The "chrome lever" looks to me like the lens release button. The whole thing looks awfully like a Leica M. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted November 20, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, wizard said: Are you sure that this a Leica M10 (or any other Leica M)? I am missing the small rangefinder window and am somwhat irritated by the chrome lever on the lens. I am not so knowledgeable about Fuji cameras, but could that be some kind of Fuji product? Cheers, Andy It is Impeachment Special Edition. 4 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted November 20, 2019 Share #7 Posted November 20, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 minutes ago, mmradman said: It is Impeachment Special Edition The M10 Peachment edition? Pete. 3 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted November 20, 2019 The photographer was in the background for some time, and he was very busy with his camera. I assumed it was probably a Fuji X-Pro something, but soon realised it was a Leica M10 variant. The prominent chrome lens release button and surround were the giveaway. I really do salute the guy. Back in 2011 I tried to cover a news story with my Leica M9, and was missing so many shots (and it was an important story), I quickly put the camera away and switched to my Canon 5D mk2. Hit rate with a Leica M, when you're under pressure, is not great, compared to modern DSLR/mirrorless cameras. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted November 20, 2019 Share #9 Posted November 20, 2019 Is that what's called 'back focus'? Pete. 😇 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted November 20, 2019 Just now, farnz said: Is that what's called 'back focus'? Pete. 😇 Picture editor - "Get me a shot of the back of his head" Photographer - "But, boss.." Picture editor - "THE BACK OF HIS HEAD" 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted November 20, 2019 Share #11 Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, wizard said: I am missing the small rangefinder window and am somwhat irritated by the chrome lever on the lens. The small RF window is black-on-black if a photographer's eye is behind the eyepiece. The silver dot beside the lens is the lens mounting button (as previously mentioned). Not red dot, so either a tape-job, or an M-10P/D. Although really it could be a film MP - nothing rules that out. Pros occasionally still go back to film to document a particular historic story, as a "unique selling proposition" to differentiate their work. https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/11/why-photographer-david-burnett-shot-4x5-film-at-impeachment-hearing.html As to the shooting angle - probably looking for a dramatic back-lit-by-TV lights image: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/governor-bill-clinton-wife-hillary-texas-107412212 Edit: also probably explains why the photographer is crouching - to align the head with a particular light for rim-lighting (and to block some flare). Again, being a professional who can earn their living from photography often means getting the different shot, not what everyone else is getting. Remember your Robert Frost: ...Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Edited November 20, 2019 by adan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 20, 2019 Share #12 Posted November 20, 2019 21 minutes ago, colint544 said: I assumed it was probably a Fuji X-Pro something, but soon realised it was a Leica M10 variant. Yes. It's not the right shape for an X-Pro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 20, 2019 Share #13 Posted November 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, adan said: Although really it could be a film MP I think in that case we would see the frameline illuminator window. Could be wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted November 20, 2019 Share #14 Posted November 20, 2019 Actually, I think it's an M11 😇 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #15 Posted November 20, 2019 In a photo-call, theres just no original shot any more. It's all been done. The tabloid photographer will need a straight-on head shot, showing the most dramatic expression. Nothing fancy, but still not always easy to do, because they're competing with so many other photographers. The broadsheet/Sunday magazine photographer will need something 'different', i.e. a silhouette, a shot from the back, like this guy is doing, showing all the press cameras facing the subject. Or one of those arty shots where you can see the face of the subject in the eyepiece of a TV camera. Was definitely not a film camera this guy was using, btw - he kept chimping at the screen on the back. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted November 20, 2019 I just like the dedication of this photographer. He's ploughing his own furrow, and not taking the superficially easy route. A fixed lens and manual focus, when everyone else is using zooms and autofocus, and trying to cover every angle. I bet he had an idea for a photograph, and perhaps had the luxury of just concentrating on that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted November 20, 2019 Share #17 Posted November 20, 2019 1 hour ago, mmradman said: It is Impeachment Special Edition. No, that Special Edition is gold-plated, with DWT's signature in BIG LETTERS on the top plate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted November 20, 2019 Share #18 Posted November 20, 2019 DJT - but who's counting? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Johnston Posted November 20, 2019 Share #19 Posted November 20, 2019 i'd speculate that the photographer is shooting what / who Schiff is addressing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2019 Share #20 Posted November 20, 2019 40 minutes ago, colint544 said: In a photo-call, theres just no original shot any more. It's all been done. The tabloid photographer will need a straight-on head shot, showing the most dramatic expression. Nothing fancy, but still not always easy to do, because they're competing with so many other photographers. The broadsheet/Sunday magazine photographer will need something 'different', i.e. a silhouette, a shot from the back, like this guy is doing, showing all the press cameras facing the subject. Or one of those arty shots where you can see the face of the subject in the eyepiece of a TV camera. Was definitely not a film camera this guy was using, btw - he kept chimping at the screen on the back. I'm sure if you were there on that gig Colin you'd have found an unique angle/image...........Your images so featured on this forum underline that, I firmly believe that most of your shots aren't happenstance, you know what you're going for. Also the expense account / per-diems on any such overseas gig would have been a nice boondoggle to squirrel away for the holidays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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