Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely. B. D. On 2/7/06 8:30 PM, "Bernard Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com> wrote: > > BD. Fair Enough. Truce? > > Barney > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bquinn=sgi.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bquinn=sgi.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. > Colen > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:34 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tina and Digital (was, Enlarger > > Barney, again, I wasn't responding to your response - I was responding > to > Marc's repeated posts of last night. And I did not, and would not ever > have > the temerity to suggest that Marc shouldn't use his technology of choice > - > whether or not it will allow him to achieve his creative ends. His life, > his > choice. > > > On 2/7/06 2:08 PM, "Barney Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I think that Marc should use whatever kind of photographic technology > he wants >> to >> use. It's his art, and his prerogative to make what ever choices will > enhance >> his >> work and allow him to achieve his creative ends. If he doesn't like > digital, >> then >> he shouldn't use it. I'll go a step further and say that I, too, am > one of the >> people who wonder about what seems to be a shift from film to digital > on this >> list. But, I don't want to get into that. I think that it is fair to > say that >> we >> are a leica-centric on-line community rather than a strict > leica-users group. >> But, that's OK with me. I think that the diversity on this list is its >> greatest >> strength. >> >> I am not one of the Alpha members of this list. I never will be. I > don't even >> want >> to be. I don't often know enough about anything on this list to be > able to >> comment >> on it intelligently, so I don't. Perhaps I misunderstood. My reading > of >> yesterday's thread on this subject is that Marc had asked several > times what >> RIP >> meant. I thought that he was asking because he wanted to know. I can't > tell a >> NOOKY from a ROOKEY. But, it just so happens that I do know something > about >> image >> processing and computing. I thought, as a fair exchange for all the >> information I >> have gained from this list and for which I have never paid a fee or > made a >> contribution in return, that I would offer what I could in the way of > an >> explanation. If I have wasted the groups time, I am sorry. But, my > attempt at >> an >> explanation didn't come easily, and it was my attempt to give the > group what >> benefit I could of my years of experience, just as those who have had > years of >> experience in photography have offered theirs. >> >> Barney >> >> >> >> "B. D. Colen" wrote: >> >>> Okay, I wasn't going to post this unless this started up again > today...but >>> since it has....(and all due respect to you, Barney :-) ) >>> ... >>> This is perhaps the single most inane thread ever to take up LUG > bandwidth. >>> :-) >>> Tina is not a techie. I am not a techie. Ted is not a techie, nor > are most >>> of the hundreds of other people on this list who have figured out - > mostly >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information