Ernst Haas, Photographer

[mooky]

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How do you get a 30' panorama from a 35mm Kodachrome?

 

I was pretty lucky - picked up a first edition of Creation for $10 right after seeing the post. Thanks for the heads up.

 

As I recall, it was from the original Kodachrome, HUGELY magnified and cropped for height, I believe. I vaguely remember how they made it - I'm 'fairly sure' that it was a film/transparency of some type with back-lighting (of course!!!) or, it could have been a print?

 

Oh well, I just don't remember, other than it was from a single Kodachrome 35mm frame.

[mooky]

Oh, by the way,,,,,,,,,,Amazon seems to have used copies of most of Haas's titles......from $30.00 on up.......I'm trying to find some of them in hard-bindings. There are other sites as well.......

[garyp]

I have an old Leica magazine with an article about the panorama, I'll try to remember to look it up when I'm home.

[blad64]

My friend at Leica in ny called me when Ernst Haas was in his office picking up his Leicas and lenses after adjustments, and I got to meet him, what a gentleman. He choose one of my pictures months later in an exhibit in ny of photographers work.

[wildlightphoto]

Yes, Ernst Haas was, and deserves more accolades still - I hope many others will discover his 'Leica work'. Excellent and spot on with the digital reference compared to Kodachrome.

 

Ernst Haas was and remains one of my photographic inspirations... w.r.t. Kodachrome though I did a side-by-side comparison of K25 with the DMR, fortunately my last roll of K25 because the DMR blasted K25 into oblivion: color quality, image detail (with 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt), K25 grain vs. DMR ISO 400 noise, dynamic range... the DMR had it all. The only times the DMR has not performed as well as the best films is where fine feather detail results in moire, and this on rare occasions.

 

Back on topic, I purchased a second-hand paper-bound copy of "The Creation" a few years ago, the one with the abalone shell on the cover and it's still one of my favorite books of photography. His earlier black-and-white work is also well worth searching for.

[KM-25]

I did a side-by-side comparison of K25 with the DMR, fortunately my last roll of K25 because the DMR blasted K25 into oblivion: color quality, image detail (with 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt), K25 grain vs. DMR ISO 400 noise, dynamic range... the DMR had it all. The only times the DMR has not performed as well as the best films is where fine feather detail results in moire, and this on rare occasions.

 

And yet, some of us pros still prefer Kodachrome over digital any day....:-)

[mooky]

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Wildlight,,,,,,,I'm curious,,,,,,,,because I don't have a DMR - is it possible to 'adjust' the DMR to match K25 or K64? That is set up the camera, so exposing an image would be like using Kodachrome, even to simulate it's limited latitude. That was what I really saw in Haas's work; how he used the limited latitude to it's fullest and in doing so, brought a sense of depth into the image - it was like he used it with a Zone System-type effect - if that makes sense.

 

Jumping to blad64, it must have been a fine moment to have met him and then have him select one of your images. I had heard that on occasion he would have apprentice photographers though I'm not sure sure how accurate that is.

[wildlightphoto]

Wildlight,,,,,,,I'm curious,,,,,,,,because I don't have a DMR - is it possible to 'adjust' the DMR to match K25 or K64? That is set up the camera, so exposing an image would be like using Kodachrome, even to simulate it's limited latitude. That was what I really saw in Haas's work; how he used the limited latitude to it's fullest and in doing so, brought a sense of depth into the image - it was like he used it with a Zone System-type effect - if that makes sense.

 

I'm using Photoshop for Zone System effects. In the photo below, I used a photoshop Curves adjustment layer to increase the separation between the bird's bill and the background:

 

 

BTW this is a K64 photo made with the SL and 400mm f/6.8 Telyt

[someonenameddavid]

A quick Google search shows that Seven Years in Tibet was based on the story of Heinrich Harrer.

 

He did have a Leica though.

 

Chad

Heinrich Harrer was a Nazi... glossed over by the movie...

E.Leitz did their bit, probably as much as they could do, given the circumstances, to post their Jewish employees overseas as salespeople, or work at E.Leitz New York.

 

David

[garyp]

Doug..that is one fine photo !!!!!

[Gerhardt Isringhaus]

So which was it: Leica's glass, Leica's cameras, Kodachrome, or Ernst Haas?

 

As much as the film (and the gear of course) were important, I assume the photographer gets some credit too....

 

"A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?"

 

Ernst Haas

 

I studied with him many years ago and he was indeed a beautiful man using the photographic tools necessary to express his vision. He chose Leica R and Kodachrome then. I think he would still like to be using the R with a digital back now, and would be hoping for a new digital body for the R series.

[mooky]

"A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?"

 

Ernst Haas

 

I studied with him many years ago and he was indeed a beautiful man using the photographic tools necessary to express his vision. He chose Leica R and Kodachrome then. I think he would still like to be using the R with a digital back now, and would be hoping for a new digital body for the R series.

 

Thanks for that - you are very fortunate to have spent that kind of time - I wish I had. His work still had/has a very positive impression on me though, and for that I am grateful.

[Canfred]

Hi Doug looking at your work is always a pleasure thank you.

On the subject of Kodachrome I have a book dealing with the very early Kodachrome. The title is the "Leica book in colour"

Colour photography , Technik and its possibilities.

The book is in German printed 1938 the author is Anton F Baumann.

He describes in detail how Kodachrome manages its colour and development, mostly incorrect but perhaps guesswork was the order of the day.

There are some 90 full colour prints most 6x9" all have survived the test of time and even now the proof is there this film is still unsurpassed.

Mostly Elmar 50mm f3.5 and I assume Leica III F

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[Toby Madrigal]

I’ve read Heinrich Harrer’s ’ book and he met the current Dalai Lama who was a child. HIs Holiness had a Leica and allowed Harrer to use it in exchange for photography lessons. When war was declared, Harrer was in India and, as a German, was interned by the British. He escaped and managed to reach Tibet. 
That is what the book is about. I’m going to get my boyfriend to source another copy for me as mine might have accidentally gone to a charity shop. 

Another good book is Earth My Friend by Group Captain Peter Townsend. He set off on a trip around the world in a Land Rover and took two Leicas. Given the period, I’d say they were 111f.