LEICA　R-3-MOTのこと　　CONRAD　DUROSEAU

７０年代の後半、LEICA　R-3-MOTのことを業界誌より知りました。そして、そのLEICA R-3−MOTも作りとデザインにほれ込みました。学生のころ、夏休みにカメラ屋でアルバイトをし、その後、ミノルタカメラでも仕事をしました。

祖父母からの現金の贈り物と、私がアルバイトで貯めたお金で、a 50mm f/2 Summicron-R, a 90mm f/2 Summicron-R and a 19mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R. のR−３MOTを買うことができました。

そのころには、コレクションとなっていたミノルタのカメラを全て売却しました。その後、180mm f3.4 Apo-Telyt-R, 180mm f2.8 Elmarit-R, the 280mm f/4 Apo-Telyt-R, 35mm f/2 Summicron-R, 1.4X and 2X Apo-converters and three R8’s among others. なども購入しました。

今現在、私の一番のお気に入りは、今までになかったような明るいビューファインダーと、多方面に渡り使いやすくデザインされているR8です。Rのレンズのすばらしさは他にありません。また、180mm f/2 Apo-Summicron-R, f/2.8 Apo-Elmarit-R version and the 280mm Apo-telyt.なども私のお気に入りです。しかし、いまだに私が使っているレンズは、35mm f/2 Summicron-R.です。

私の最初のLEICA Mシリーズは、M4-Pでした。その後、M-6にトレードインしました。私の唯一のMシリーズのレンズは、35mm f/2 Summicron-M (non-Asph).です。Mの兼ね備えた静香で、優雅な特徴が特に気にっています。

今までの間、いろいろなブランドのカメラを使用しましたが、私の一番重要で気にっているカメラはやはりLeicaです。オードフォーカスには全く興味がありません。私にとって、結果より過程の方が重要なのです。Leicaは、最高のデザインで、光学的な質も良く、私のフィロソフィーにぴったりです。R-8においては、フィルムとデジタルを両方兼ね備えており、DMRの品質は私が望む以上のものです。

Conrad Duroseau

My real first encounter with a camera and photojournalists was at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. With absolutely no prior experience, I got a summer job in the Olympic darkroom where photographers came to process and print their images. I fell in love with taking pictures. I discovered that people around me liked some of what I was producing and I started reading everything I could find about photography and cameras in an attempt to educate myself. To some degree, I was self-taught, although I later obtained a college diploma in commercial photography after graduating from university.

Back in the late 70?fs while reading magazines I discovered the Leica R3-MOT. I fell in love with it as it was engineered to accept a winder and I admired its design. Admitedly, I later felt limited by the sluggishness of its CDS cells in spite of their wonderful spectral response. As a student, I worked in a camera store and eventually found a job working for Minolta during a summer. With the help of a cash gift from my grandparents I was able to save enough money to buy the R3-MOT, a 50mm f/2 Summicron-R, a 90mm f/2 Summicron-R and a 19mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R. I sold all my Minolta equipment which, by that time, had grown to a sizeable collection. Over the years, I was able to add the 180mm f3.4 Apo-Telyt-R, 180mm f2.8 Elmarit-R, the 280mm f/4 Apo-Telyt-R, 35mm f/2 Summicron-R, 1.4X and 2X Apo-converters and three R8?fs among others.
Today, my favourite camera is the R8, its beautifully bright viewfinder is the best I have ever worked with, and its build, ease of use and versatility are just everything I?fve ever asked for. The superb quality of the R lenses is second to none and my personal favourites include the 180mm f/2 Apo-Summicron-R, f/2.8 Apo-Elmarit-R version and the 280mm Apo-telyt. However, the lens I still use the most is the 35mm f/2 Summicron-R.

My first Leica M was the M4-P, later traded in for an M6, with my only M lens being the 35mm f/2 Summicron-M (non-Asph). I have always enjoyed the ability to work quietly and unobtrusively with the M.

Through the years I have also owned and / or used other brands and formats. However, my main and most important photographic tools have always been Leicas. I have never been interested in auto-focus or in any cameras that do the thinking for you. For me, the process is as important as the results. Leica has perfected this philosophy of optimum build and optical quality and concentration on essentials right through to its Digital Module R, which I look forward to getting. With my R8?fs I am now able to use both film and digital support, and with the quality of the DMR to be at the level that can be expected from Leica, what more could I ask for?

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●　CONRAD　DUROSEAU　経歴 CONRAD　DUROSEAUは、報道専門の写真家のフォトジャーナリストです。彼の作品は、人間の気品を逆の立場で描写を求め、スピリットと希望が生まれる根源をそのままの形で表現しています。 現在の彼のプロジェクトは、世界開拓と社会行動主義の意見の対立を中心にしたものです。彼のドドキュメンタリーの作品は、発展途上国の貧困、病気、社会闘争などの社会経済と政策の問題が中心になっています。彼の作品の中の、カルビアン諸国のハイチを取り上げたものは、１９９９年に、DR　WITHOUT　BRODERSが、受賞したノーベル平和賞に貢献しました。 CONRADは、写真製作会社、CONRAD STONE　AGENCYで７年間マネージングディレクターを勤めました。その前は、IMAGE SERVICE STOCK　INTERNATIONALで、２年間マネージングディレクターをと勤めています。 彼のクライアントは、The World Food Programme,  Medecins Sans Frontiere, Untited Chrch Mandate Magazine, The McLean Hunter Group, Gaumont International, Auebecor Publishing, McGraw Hill, The Montreal Gazette, Telemedia, Firstof the month, memoire d”Encrier, Technocap などです。また、Alpha Presse, Getty Imageにも貢献しています。 CONRADは、Concordia University、モントリオールのDawson Institute of Photographyのジャーナリズムの臨時教員でもあります。McGill University及び Dawson Institute of Photographyを卒業しています。   Biography: Conrad Duroseau is a photojournalist and documentary photographer specialising in reportage. His personal work seeks to portray human dignity in adverse conditions, the survival of the spirit and ultimately aims to bear witness to the birth of hope. His current projects centre on conflict in the developing world and social activism. His documentary work is concerned with socio-economic and policy issues in developing countries as they relate to poverty, disease, social strife and the environment. Part of his work in the Caribbean nation of Haiti was in support of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize recipient M?decins Sans Fronti?res / Doctors Without Borders. Conrad spent 7 years as the Managing Director of The Conrad Stone Agency, an editorial and commercial photography enterprise. Prior to the Conrad Stone Agency, Conrad was, for two years, the Managing Director of Image Service/Stock International, representing several international press and stock organisations. Client list includes the World Food Programme, M?decins Sans Fronti?res, United Church Mandate Magazine, the McLean Hunter Group, Gaumont International, Qu?becor Publishing, McGraw-Hill, the Montreal Gazette, T?l?m?dia, First of the Month, M?moire d’Encrier, Technocap and others. He is a contributor to Alpha Presse and Getty Images. Conrad is a part-time faculty member of the journalism department at Concordia University and the Dawson Institute of Photography in Montreal. He is a graduate of McGill University and of the Dawson Institute of Photography. Conrad is available for editorial and commercial assignments worldwide. ●　www.100portfolios.com/conrad/