Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/07

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Subject: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Sun Sep 7 21:28:31 2008
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I certainly agree with you - to a point.

Yet, if we're talking about a "truly beautiful" print
(not simply technical quality
which is what the auto focus, auto exposure,
auto technically accurate cameras produce)
then it may be a subjective call
as to "meaning."

Fond regards,
George

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On Sep 7, 2008, at 8:35 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> But there is a danger of admiring a beautiful print of nothing.   
> The people who do that with digital prints are called "pixel  
> peepers".  I attended a printing workshop with quite a few of them  
> who admired and examined with a loupe, beautifully printed photos  
> with no meaning behind them other than the technical quality.
>
> "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." --  
> Ansel Adams


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