Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, I have kept your mail on my PC and have re-read it several times. Just in the past week it has become relevant for me since I tried high-quality digital capture for the first time, shooting about 100 pictures with a Canon DSLR. It did have an effect on my style. With the marginal cost of each picture effectively zero, one is free to experiment much more. This is good and bad. It is good because it allowed me to take picture I might not otherwise have taken, but bad because it can lead to sloppy work--after all, I could just delete it later! On balance, I felt that on balance, this level of freedom was a good thing, but clearly I have to guard against the atttitude I mentioned. In any event, the M6/M7 and Tri-X will always be there to keep me honest. Nathan Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > With the advent of dependable and affordable digital cameras [Leica > Digital > M? TK], I'm wondering whether the ways we employ photography in general > has > changed. Beyond the professional and family uses, has digital opened new > vistas > for photography? For example, now that we can include photos easily with > our > writing, has our writing changed? Can we attach the terms 'casual' and > 'routine' > to photography because of digital's low per image cost, direct to Net > connection, ascending quality, esthetic conversions (B&W, Sepia, High > Contrast, etc.) > automation and ease of mastery? > > Has digital opened new horizons for us? What do you think they are? Does > digital characterize our modern way of life: throwaway society, instant > gratification, consumerism, obsolescence, living for the here and now, > luxury, more > democratic equality, etc? Should we even bother examining change while it > is > happening? > > Best, > Bob > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Mobile: +31 6 30 868 671 General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com