A few years back there was a magazine in Austin called, Texas Life. It was a bold upstart that intended to go toe to toe with the heavyweights like, Texas Monthly. They ran out of money and in a matter of months were gone. But while they were rolling we did a lot of photography for them. At one point we did a fashion-y piece about the outdoor life in central Texas. Fishing, hiking, taking a long swims in cool streams...that kind of thing.
I photographed these two models using my favorite camera and lens of the moment. A Leica R8 with a 180mm Elmarit Lens. These are from e-6 slides scanned on the Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. It's a different look...
The Leica R series cameas and lenses never got the press that the M series does. Probably the more conservative and traditional body put it directly in competition with the much less expensive Canon and Nikon flagships. Kinda tough to justify spending twice as much for the tool...unless they are better.
The Leica R series cameas and lenses never got the press that the M series does. Probably the more conservative and traditional body put it directly in competition with the much less expensive Canon and Nikon flagships. Kinda tough to justify spending twice as much for the tool...unless they are better.
