Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/21

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Subject: [Leica] RE: While it is happening
From: daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon Jun 21 13:41:32 2004
References: <20040621191825.75127.qmail@web50506.mail.yahoo.com>

I think I'll let loose and try some D76

:)

Daniel

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Emanuel Lowi wrote:

> Just as the change in technology from cuneiform
> pressed into wet clay, to carved stone, to ink on
> papyrus, then vellum, then cheap pressed wood-fibre --
> and now zapped in an instant as electrons to bluish
> screens around the world -- popularized writing to the
> point where today any halfwit can produce what appears
> (from some distance) to be a worthwhile tome, so
> photography is transformed by this digital revolution
> we 2004 Leicaists mournfully witness.
>
> There are far more writers today than, say, in 1500
> B.C. when alphabetic writing was just catching on and
> the technology cumbersome. There has been a
> concomitant increase in the percentage of people who
> write things others find worthwhile to read. Give a
> jungle-full of monkeys a shitload of typewriters and
> they'll eventually write something interesting, even
> if it ain't Shakespeare, eh?.
>
> Making photos seems to be becoming less intimidating,
> and involves less commitment, in this digital
> revolution. No film to run out of -- so shoot away!
> Got a lousy shot you want no one to ever see?
> Button-press it on the spot, into oblivion.
>
> In time, perhaps a greater proportion of ordinary
> folks will make better photos. But I wonder whether
> the new technology really makes a big difference that
> way for those of us who are committed shooters
> already. We have our habits born in film and I'm not
> certain that digital's luxuries will prove a boon to
> us guerrilla baboons.
>
> Given that Leica in 1925 played a key role in getting
> good cameras into the hands of the people, one can
> only hope -- for the sake of traditional nostalgia, if
> nothing else -- that Leica sticks around for the
> digital ride.
>
> I still think stone carvers are cool, I only wish
> there were more of them out there, not just at the
> graveyard.
>
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal
>
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