Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How well does it describes our addiction :-) Philippe Op 13-mei-07, om 22:37 heeft geebee het volgende geschreven: > I wrote this in 2001 just before I started posting PAW and I used > to have it on my first web site: > > Sitting around admiring my Leica > > Never dreaming of taking a shot > > Dressing it like a chrome coloured Barbie > > With the few accessories I?ve got > > The incredibly weighty Summicron > > The meter, booster and close up specs > > The satisfying click as the lens locks > > The photo equivalent of sex? > > > > Then one fateful night on the Internet > > Just surfing around for a while > > An H.C.B. decisive moment > > My random, chance encounter with Kyle > > He describes my attitude to the Leica > > With uncanny insight and precision > > He has me rolling around with laughter > > And inspires me to a decision > > > > Next time I go out with a camera > > No more of equipment overkill > > I?ll be travelling light with the Leica > > Meter, body and the 50 mill > > But talk is cheap unlike the old Leica > > And words are much easier than deeds > > And I?m soon scouring all of the used ads > > To satisfy additional lens needs > > > > This attempt to get value for money > > Is going entirely the wrong way > > The 35 and 90 Summicrons > > Are going to cost several weeks pay > > But how can I justify such outlay > > When I?m no more than a camera geek? > > Then Kyle gives me the justification > > I?ll need them for my " picture a week" > > > > I spend one thousand plus on the lenses > > In search of good value? That?s funny! > > Then of course there is the web site software > > Which in turn will cost still more money > > I need to get the best from my scanner > > So I purchase something called Vuescan > > Read about it on the Lug, where else? > > I hope it?s not money down the pan > > > > The next software is Cyber View Image > > I need it to get a good jpeg > > This purchase must be some kind of mistake > > It didn?t cost an arm and a leg > > I must carry a camera at all times > > If I?m to feed the picture a week > > Which in turn means a point and shoot camera > > One used Minilux. SOLD! To the geek > > > > I know I have to improve my technique > > Before I show photos to the group > > I need tips about street photography > > Best methods, tricks of the trade and soup > > My searching takes me to Johnny Deadman > > As sites go this is one of the greats > > He?s helpful and expert and I?m convinced > > I need a Sekonic L308 > > > > So it?s back to the ads for a bargain > > I know it?s madness! I know I?m skint! > > My credit card is frayed at the edges > > And there is still no sign of a print > > Speaking of prints, I want them in mono > > But my printer prints with a red cast > > > > That means the "Peizo plunge" and Cone Software > > Stop!! Stop! The money just wont last > > But if I stop now it?s been for nothing > > Except the fun of owning the gear > > But looking again at the lugger sites > > Fills me with an all consuming fear > > And its funny how everyone else's pictures > > Look better when you get your own site > > > > And from being sure that I could hack it > > Well; now I only think I just might > > There?s Wajsman, Berube and George Callender > > Kyle, Tina, Bill in Denver and LeHuray > > I will never get results like they do > > No matter how I pump in the money > > And all those dead links on "who?s doing paw" > > What happened? Where are they? What went wrong? > > > > Did they blow out their brains in frustration? > > Or quit and sell their gear for a song? > > Yet some guys routinely post great pictures > > You doubt me? Can I prove it? You bet! > > Go check out SonC?s "Kathy" and "Jackson" > > And Brownlow pictures jump right out of the set > > So now I am faced with a real dilemma > > Will picture a week really be fun? > > > > Do I declare my site and post pictures? > > Or give in to temptation and run > > Do I sit silently in the background? > > Read lug postings for my daily fix > > Or get out and about with a Leica? > > Then give luggers access to my pics > > As I take stock of the situation > > This one thing is abundantly clear > > > > So far I have spent a bloody fortune > > To justify expense on previous gear > > Well that?s it. No more fancy equipment > >> From now, money goes on film not gear > > For better or worse week one is posted > > If you want to see it, it?s here. www.g > > > > Sorry luggers I chickened out. I?m sure you are a really nice bunch > but I am intimidated by the quality of your photography, your > gear, your CV?s. You name it; I?m intimidated by it. Looking on the > bright side I now have more toys (yes I really did make those > purchases) to play with even though I know money doesn?t make good > photographs. My web site is up with a few photographs, mainly > Olympus some Leica, to aid with site layout etc. On Jan 1 2002 I > fully intend to start posting a Leica shot each week but as for > giving you guys the address? I don?t know if I?ll ever have the > balls, maybe I could buy a set, where?s that credit card? > > p.s. love the Minilux, what a pity they don?t do extra lenses for it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >