Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle- Now you've gone and done it with that header! I have been going around the last hour humming and singing: "Mama, don't let your babies grow up to use Holgas!" (Abject apologies to Willie Nelson!) Party on! Dude! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:59 PM Subject: [Leica] don't knock the leica-h.... > mike gil sayth: > > >Please don't make us, use Holga's. Have you seen some > >of this stuff. I think seeing light leaks into the > >frame is not a cool thing. Or the other half dozen > >random effects created by this plastic camera. Most > >pictures taken with a Holga look like they accidently > >took off the top of the film developing can before the > >film was fixed, smeared vaseline on the lens and used > >the wrong lens hood. HCB would not be HCB with a > >Brownie, imagine him showing a portfolio full of > >technically weak photographs to an editor. > > there are a lot of kids here who kick most of our butts: > > http://www.toycamera.com > > like kim taylor and sue agostini and trent chambers .... > > it's not the box, it's the heart. i'd gladly trade my leica for some > artistic vision. i kick myself every day for not being able to come > through like i want to, and my leica's ain't helping me. it's my > frustrating lack of vision, the leica's got nothing to do with it. > > i think someone pointed out here before that many of HCB's shots were > technically weak but expertly printed. he had the eye, he had the > vision..... > > my .02 -- take it for what it's worth. > > kc