Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film days numbered?
From: 4season <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:32:21 -0600

I say, whatever happens, happens.

I see parallels between the new digital era and the then-new
photographic era: Neither got much respect, or was viewed as a threat.
Ansel Adams' earliest works were sold as "Parmalian Prints", and today,
if you want to get your digital photo taken seriously, you call it a
"Squirt Print", only you say it in French so it sounds somehow more
sophisticated! Producing a digital image is easy; mastering the medium
is not: There's room in the world for digital masters, too.

Funny that, though photography has flourished and is displayed in the
most prestigious galleries, fine-art painting is still with us!

I still plan on getting another M6.

Jeff