Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] question...
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Jun 8 14:22:57 2006

God knows none of us on this list are ever needlessly acerbic - we're only
acerbic when it's really necessary. :-)


On 6/8/06 5:11 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:

> That's what threw me...he's needlessly ascerbic, yet he's *not* on this 
> list.
> ;-)
> --
> Jeffery
> 
> ---- Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>> I kinda like his work. But it's certainly not better than what is  shown
>> on this list.
>> ------------------------
>> I agree.  Not a bad collection of pics at all.  He hangs out on
>> photo.net, where he's often needlessly ascerbic....
>> 
>> But then, he wouldn't be the first photog with a chip on his
>> shoulder and with some odd axe to grind, would he :-)
>> 
>> Leica's pricing seems to get many folk's panties all in a bunch.
>> While probably none or at least few *like* their high prices,
>> it seems to throw a few photogs into bizarre fits.
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Op 8-jun-06, om 17:18 heeft <allen.graves@charter.net> het volgende
>>> geschreven:
>>> 
>>>> After looking at his web page, Mr. JS certainly seems eminently
>>>> qualified to comment on "lousy" -or at least undistinguished-
>>>> photographs. He seems to be a master of the genre. Perhaps he
>>>> excuses this by thinking that they would be better if he had a more
>>>> expensive camera. <grin>
>>>> 
>>>> Allen
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ---- SonC@aol.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> In a message dated 6/8/2006 9:43:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>>>> kididdoc@cox.net writes:
>>>>> actually I wonder who said this ""  ""   Don ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> "There is a Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing
>>>>> combination of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras  and
>>>>> praise for the lousy photos."
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks, Steve
>>>>> -------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> It was on the photo forum at  Nabble
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Re: The death of photo industry - Was Pentax are seeing the  light
>>>>> by Jeff Spirer 2006-05-29 13:06 :: Reply | Show Only this   Message
>>>>> :: Rate
>>>>> this Message:
>>>>> At 10:37 AM 5/29/2006,  Qkano wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> And professional photgraphers too.
>>>>>> Now anyone,  even a monkey, can buy a digital camera and produce
>>>>>> images
>>>>>> better than  were ever possible with film.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> If that's true, it's a good thing.   The history of photography is  its
>>>>> place as a democratizing art - Kodak  recognized this with the
>>>>> original box camera, roll film took a huge leap  forward, and  minilabs
>>>>> took it as far as it could before digital.   Digital is just another
>>>>> step in the process rather than some disconnect.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> BTW: this is meant seriously, I'm becoming more and more aghast at
>>>>>> images I'm shown as "great" - even in company advertising  brochures -
>>>>>> which most here would consign to the bin. The people praising them
>>>>>> really do seem to believe they are great.  There must be something
>>>>>> deeply human ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Very true, but disconnected from the  technology, except the
>>>>> technology available to see so much more than  before.  There is a
>>>>> Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing combination
>>>>> of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras and  praise for the
>>>>> lousy photos.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff Spirer
>>>>> Photos:  http://www.spirer.com
>>>>> One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Sonny
>>>>> http://www.sonc.com
>>>>> Natchitoches,  Louisiana
>>>>> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
>>>>> ?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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