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Subject: [Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Oct 30 12:15:00 2006
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Do you really think Adams or Caponigro needed a Polaroid to tell them 
about the final product? The may well have needed a few bucks and 
promoted the product but other than that?

Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> Well, it depends. Let's say you're covering an event, wedding,  
> conference, whatever. That means you'll have to do a number of set  
> pieces, usually anywhere from a just a few to more than a dozen. By  
> checking, as opposed to thinking that you might of gotten your shots,  
> you'll know if you have your shot or not. It allows for much greater  
> time management efficiency.
> This was always a goal of the working photographer, enhanced  
> certitude. Don't think that Adams and Caponigro's work for Polaroid  
> was for just for taking home a pay check. What they did at Polaroid  
> allowed for another evolution in photography. That peel apart  
> material was not only the main stay of the commercial photographic  
> studio, indoor and outdoor, but also with the fine art shooters.
> In fine art photography, they didn't skip a beat, when they tied up  
> their view cameras to a laptop for scenic work from the very  
> beginning of the introduction of digital imaging products.
> All for the specific point of a need to know at the time of the  
> imaging act itself.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:
>
>> As with most opinions about things photographic - no correct answer  
>> for all situations. There are times when checking your results  makes 
>> more sense than not; and there are times when the  photographer 
>> should focus their attention on photographing. To  write off the 
>> availability of a technical check capability - or the  possibility of 
>> knowing whether you achieved success in your goals  makes little 
>> sense to me.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2006, at 8:30 PM, David Keenan wrote:
>>
>>> I really do think chimping it is a goofy practice.
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping)
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