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also I'd bet that the photographer who snuck up behind Rep' Adam Schiff knew exactly what he was after, chose the M because he's in an area up behind the members of the panel that's difficult to access and maybe even not allowed, the M would have let him get there quickly, quietly and almost surreptitiously, certainly with less "presence" than if he took a DSLR full kit hanging around his neck. You can be sure that once back in the "mosh-pit" he'd have a bag stuffed with all other sorts of camera artillery, DSLRs with big zooms to quickly get the wide and CU shots picture editors need.

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So glad others saw this live. I almost jumped out of my chair this morning when he first showed up on screen. He was shooting Sondland before he was deposed. Following in the legacy of Erich Salomon with his Ermanox and later, Leica.

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6 hours ago, colint544 said:

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.

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...which explains why 90-95% of Magnum photographers shoot with Leica M cameras. 😎

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I am not sure where you are getting that, to be honest. Of the Magnum photographers I know or am aware of, most are not using Leica M...I think Alec Soth, Jim Goldberg, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Cristina de Middel, Gregory Halpern...they are all mostly using medium or large format, a number are using or trying the GFX...I know Fuji sent it out to a number of them in 2017, as I met three at one time and they were all trying it (reviews were mixed). Certainly the M has a storied history in Magnum and is still used by many, but I don't think 90-95% are using them. I would not be surprised if 90-95% had one or have used them, but not all the time for their work projects. 

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5 hours ago, petermullett said:

also I'd bet that the photographer who snuck up behind Rep' Adam Schiff knew exactly what he was after, chose the M because he's in an area up behind the members of the panel that's difficult to access and maybe even not allowed, the M would have let him get there quickly, quietly and almost surreptitiously, certainly with less "presence" than if he took a DSLR full kit hanging around his neck. You can be sure that once back in the "mosh-pit" he'd have a bag stuffed with all other sorts of camera artillery, DSLRs with big zooms to quickly get the wide and CU shots picture editors need.

The shot in the OP wasn't taken in the hearing room - they use a tasteful blue curtain for the backdrop, and press wouldn't be allowed back there during the hearing, only staffers. From the bust behind him, it might have been in the Rotunda, doing something like this: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/impeachment-hearings.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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6 hours 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.

Watching videos of the Hong Kong unrest on the South China Morning Post website (scmp.com, their coverage is quite good) a few weeks ago, I noticed that when the cops started popping off tear gas projectiles, the mob of photographers on the sidelines would quickly run in, spread out in front of the demonstrators, and hold their cameras close to the ground to get a shoetop-level shot of the tear gas pellets skittering across the ground toward them. Then they would re-form and move back to the side. It couldn't have been choreographed better by a Broadway producer. I doubt if they're still doing that - the shot has been done to death, and the cops are shooting something much more hazardous these days.

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I watched this unfold in real time (or live-view) as it were. It was fun to see develop because before this fellow had this spot all to himself for what lasted nearly a minute, he had been preceded by a couple other photographers.

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5 hours ago, Chuck Albertson said:

The shot in the OP wasn't taken in the hearing room - they use a tasteful blue curtain for the backdrop, and press wouldn't be allowed back there during the hearing, only staffers. From the bust behind him, it might have been in the Rotunda, doing something like this: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/impeachment-hearings.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Well caught Chuck.....that slid by me.

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It's David Butow.  I'm pretty sure he uses a M 240 P, which would explain the absence of the red dot.

He made that incredible image of Jeff Flake during the Kavanaugh hearings.  https://time.com/5410740/jeff-flake-kavanaugh-vote-photo/

He also uses some kind of Sony with a zoom but I think the Flake picture was made with the Leica.

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12 hours ago, colint544 said:

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.

That is his modus operandi  

There are some world class photojournalists covering the hearing.  Have you seen David Burnett with his 5x4?

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5 hours ago, Likaleica said:

That is his modus operandi  

There are some world class photojournalists covering the hearing.  Have you seen David Burnett with his 5x4?

Very interesting, Tim. Really admire these people who doggedly swim against the tide.

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Which is really a pity, as there was nothing wrong with the photography side.

1 hour ago, LUF Admin said:

Sorry, we have to close this thread.

Some of you can't resist to violate our „no politics“ rule.

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