Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 07/16/03 9:11 AM, Martin Howard at mvhoward@mac.com wrote: > Eric Welch wrote: > >> The mediocre stuff is doomed. > > This must be why we have daytime soap operas, point-and-shoot cameras, > 12" TVs, sneakers that last nine months, McDonalds, Burger King, and > Taco Bell, $15 digital watches, Wal-Mart and K-Mart, "Charlies Angles > II", etc. They won over the "mediocre" stuff. I was referring ONLY to mediocre film. The world is full of mediocrity, but in photography, film is becoming a more specialized part of the industry. The people who choose to continue using it are going to have high standards. Otherwise, why bother? Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "A man should be able to classify everything he believes so that he can say: 'This I believe because it is handed down from the Prophets; this I believe from the evidence of my senses; and this I believe from reason.' Whoever believes anything that does not fall within these three categories, to him apply the saying: 'The thoughtless believe every word.'" - Maimonides - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html