Camera: Leica M9
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 35mm
ISO: 800
Carter Cornwall is one of the legends in vision research. He visited the Moran Eye Center recently and we had a chance to visit, talk science and make a portrait in my office. Carter’s inspiring scientific work goes back almost 50 years and has informed our understanding of how the retina detects and signals light and how photoreceptors adapt to decreasing light levels. I always enjoy our discussions as Carter is a scientist, outdoorsman and photographer, and look forward to running into him next week again at the annual ARVO research meeting.
He looks overjoyed to be in your office :)
Congrats on the Leica….didn’t know you had one.
Hey Rajendra!
Have you ever known Carter to smile? I’ll have to send you an image I made for his lab to put on T-shirts some time.
As for the Leica, yeah… they make beautiful images, but… here is my experience with modern Leicas: http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/2016/02/the-leica-experiment/
Rumor has it that he’s missing a key smile muscle:)
I’ve never owned a Leica and always assumed their service would be top notch to justify the price. Sorry to see this is not your experience. I love my D800. I don’t see myself needing to consider anything else for quite some time; it’s more camera than I am a photographer !
I have seen him smile and laugh
Let us be thankful for that and for getting the chance to visit with Carter on his last trip to Utah. :)