Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for saying that so succinctly, John. Frankly, I've been disappointed by both the tone and position adopted by Jim, Erwin and Ted on this matter. Austin's points were well taken IMHO. Paul > From: John Brownlow [mailto:john@pinkheadedbug.com] > > Erwin, you're a nice guy, and so's Jim, but Jim plain out > said, like Moses > coming off the mountain, that the craft of photography was > impossible with a > scanner and an inkjet. You couldn't do it in Photoshop. In > fact he accused > those who used photoshop of fixing up their images to hide > their sloppy > technique. If it wasn't ignorant, it was at least naive, and more > importantly it was NOT said in the tone of discussion but of > assertion. It > was pretty insulting to anyone who prides themselves on their > craft AND uses > a scanner and an inkjet. People got upset: big surprise. > > > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > >