Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DaveR, all that you say is true. From my perspective, market forces, not lack of performance have driven medium format film cameras to near extinction. Locally, Mamiyas, Bronicas and Blads can hardly be given away for a fraction of their former value. Yet the photos they produce of course, are superb. That's what I meant by crazy. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of David Rodgers Sent: Saturday, 18 November 2006 00:03 To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most Hoppy, I'm not sure crazy is the right word. It just seems interesting how things have changed. I understand from personal experience why digital photography has replaced film. OTOH, There are certain things about film photography that digital photography can never replace. For instance, the excitement and anticipation that goes along with shooting film. It begins with loading the camera and it ends with seeing a print come to life in a tray under a safelight. The gestation period of an image on film is much longer than fostered through electrons. I'm sure many women would prefer to be pregnant for a day and have quick and effortless labor. But if that were the case would the baby still seem as precious? A poor analogy perhaps, but I've heard photography called a labor of love. Are there more great pictures today, or just more pictures? I guess that's a question for the experts, which I'm certainly not. DaveR -----Original Message----- From: G Hopkinson [mailto:hoppyman@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:04 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most Dave I do believe you may have started a thread ;-) I picked up the Mamiya 645e off the Bay. The results are excellent, with the obvious advantage of the bigger transparency. But now it sits in the cupboard unused. It's just that M's are a full time occupation. The rangefinder type medium formats seem to be the only subset of 120 stuff here that has a mini following. Crazy isn't it? Still at least we are using film in manual focus cameras with the M's, we haven't really betrayed the cause. Cheers Hoppy _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information