Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used Linux a bit too, but you hit the nail on the head when you wrote that you downloaded an app "but couldn't get it to load right". That's happened to me a few times - not being able to get Corel Wordperfect to load on Corel Linux for example! Windows certainly has its problems but you can get out of your depth really fast with Linux and I think that's going to limit its use as a workstation. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:01 AM Subject: Re: Re. [Leica] About all the "give us the technical detail" requests... > Right you are! Can you imagine the writers in the Algonquin Group sitting > around the round table asking what typewriter was used to do a certain > story? Triatan Tom's worry about a little lack of sharpness was a point in > question. When I looked at his photos, I didn't worry about any apparent > lack of sharpness- the content was beautiful, he achieved the out of focus > background, and the subject was in focus enough that it looked good to me! > > When I see a photo in a gallery, I really don't whip out the loupe, and get > up to it reaaaal close and examine it for sharply defined focus, and > denigrate the photographer for being a little 'soft'! I try to see what he > wanted me to see, and appreciate it for that! I have seen some beautiful > shots made with a cardboard camera using a Polaroid back- the photographer > achieved the look she wanted, conveyed her message, and it was great. > During my hiatus, I learned to be very tolerant of the percieved > 'shortcomings' of others- Hell, a coupla Margaritas, and even MY stuff > starts to look good to me! > Unless you are under the gun with a deadline, and have an editor breathing > fire down your back, and your job and your ass is on the line - lighten up! > Enjoy! Fondle that M3, burn some film- because sixty years from now, what > the Hell difference will it make!? > Excuse me while I go roll some film.... > > Dan (|Still crazy after all these years) Post > > PS- An aside to those commenting on GIMP--- I have been using the RedHat > 7.3, and GIMP is pretty good- I did download the Corel Photo Suite 9 for > LINUX, but can't get the darn thing to load right... If you have had some > success with it- contact me offlist... I need to pick yer brain!! > Even though Windows 2000 is pretty stable, it is like the puppy you cannot > leave at home alone--- after a while it poops on the floor and you need to > clean things up! LINUX is a pleasant surprise in that it will chug along for > weeks with 'nary a glitch! I am surprised that with all the Sun > workstations, and growing fascination with LINUX out there that Photoshop > doesn't at least try to get a version of there stuff on a LINUX platform!=== > From my narrow point of view, LINUX is to Windows as a Leica is to a Hawkeye > Brownie, ca. 1952! > Ole Billy Bob Gates would do well to port his stuff to LINUX and make even > more money! :o)~ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Pultz" <cpultz@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:22 PM > Subject: Re. [Leica] About all the "give us the technical detail" > requests... > > > > BD quoted, > > > > " I had just had a haircut. Was wearing black socks and a comfortable > shirt. > > Anyone also equipped should have no trouble duplicating this series." > > > > Ha! That's great. I just read this quote from Cartier-Bresson: > > > > "The actual handling of the camera, it's stops, it's exposure speeds and > > all the rest of it, are things which should be as automatic as the > changing > > of gears in an automobile. It is no part of my business to go into the > > details or refinements of any of those operations .... for they are set > > forth with *military precision* in the manuals which the manufacturers > > provide along with the camera and the nice orange calf-skin case. If the > > camera is a beautiful gadget, we should progress beyond that stage at > least > > in conversation. The same applies to the hows and whys of making pretty > > prints in the darkroom." > > > > Now, obviously, I'm not that immune to the magic of these gadgets as > > objects, or I wouldn't hang around here much. But, I don't like it to be a > > fetish. When I was in school, if you asked what camera a student used to > > make a picture, the whole class would look at you like you were an idiot - > > discussing equipment make was very uncool. When I worked with pros, the > > only question was would the thing work when it had to, and was it the > right > > tool for the job. > > > > Still, the first thing I thought about when I saw SonC's pictures, after > > admiring how fun they were, was, What film did he use? That's all I really > > need to know - the rest we can guess close enough to admire his technique. > > > > Anyway, thought you all would enjoy that quote. > > > > Carl > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html