[Leica] I have given up

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

My, my, my, are we being a coy little tart fishing for strokes!
Considering what a junky for photographic equipage you are, I'd of  
thought that digital's plenitude would of been to your taste.
Maybe if you gave it more time to soak into your esthetic marrow, it  
could rekindle that dimming spark.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On Feb 6, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> I no longer take pictures.  I am not at present equipped with a  
> darkroom
> though I suspect that I shall be again within a six-month or so.  I  
> have no
> ability with digital and my efforts to learn from this group about  
> digital
> have simply convinced me that I have no idea whjat anyone is  
> talking about.
>  I have a VERY basic digital P&S and I cannot make it work.  My  
> wife has a
> very basic digital P&S and can on rare occasion make it work.  But  
> neither
> of us can obtain any sort of regular success from digital, nor can  
> either
> of us comprehend such software as Photoshop.  (And, no, we are not  
> computer
> jerks:  my wife is a director of quality control for a major HMO  
> and I have
> been dicking about with computers for twenty years and more.)
>
> What I am saying is that digital has juist absolutely sucked out of  
> me any
> interest in photography.  I would like to find a list where we  
> could get
> back to figuring out the Leitz dingus which allowed a PLOOT to be  
> fitted to
> a QUANGO.  That's my place.  I really do not belong on a Leica  
> Users' Group
> and will probably soon retire from this province as I simply no  
> longer wish
> to take pictures.
>
> Digital wins.  I lose.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
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