Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, looking at these 2 beautiful shots, you clearly don't need to know immediately what you got to get good results. Weren't you pleased to see the results after a little wait? After all, isn't culture about postponing the satisfaction of a need? :-) About having both colour and B&W: shoot color and Fred Miranda it. I think you were one of the first mentioning that trick. Finally: any PS on the color shot, by any chance? Or was it a dark tent? > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:03:23 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica]Hello? - With two new images... > > Having used my Ms this weekend - along with my E-1 and Rollei 6008 - at a > Christening and the party that followed, I was reminded once again what a > rare pleasure the Ms are to shoot with. On the other hand, it's also a rare > pleasure to know immediately what I've got, to have it in both color and > black and white, and to have the kind of flexibility I have with RAW > digital > images..... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/5227591Window1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/5227551bw > > Fire way....:-) > > > On 5/24/05 2:25 PM, "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: > >> True to a large extent, BD, despite your luddite feelings on New Haven. >> :) >> :) >> >> Camera-wise, while I love my Leicas, I fit in the category of those who >> are >> (1) impressed with the output of recent digital cameras and (2) tired of >> spending the $ on film and processing. I imagine I may very well go fully >> over to the digi side when two things are true: (1) I discover a digi >> camera that I like to carry and use as much as my Leica Ms and (2) I can >> afford the initial $$ outlay. From what I've read, the former may already >> be true (or at least getting close) with the Pentax *ist-DS sounding >> particularly nice, but it is a moot point as the latter is far from >> true. And I'm not willing to trade my Leicas in. I plan to reevaluate >> from time to time. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my current half-and-half >> situation. >> >> Best, >> Aaron >> >> BD wrote: >>> What I find very amusing about this post Aaron is the implication that >>> darkrooming digitally is now a given for many on this list, when just a >>> few >>> years ago darkrooming digititally provoked the same kind of reaction here >>> that digital shooting now provokes. ;-) >>> >>> >>> On 5/24/05 1:54 PM, "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> It is the prime reason I do not do digital. It is more complicated >>>>> than >>>>> film plus a good color lab plus it requires a whole new set of >>>>> learning. >>>>> <snip> >>>>> Fun is in the mind of the beholder. The rest of us use film. >>>>> >>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>> >>>> Truer words never spoken...but don't forget that many folks find >>>> learning >>>> something new to be a lot of fun... >>>> >>>> Best in a shooting-film and darkrooming-digitally kind of way, >>>> Aaron >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >