Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spot-on John, Frank On 15 Jul, 2009, at 01:28, J. Newell wrote: > > > I just about fall over every time I think about how completely > "standards" have changed. Lots of folks talk as if there were some > perfect white balance number. Hello, remember the difference > between KM and KR? And how about the gulf between those and > Ektachrome? What about the non-Rochester brands? And we're talking > "daylight" films here. Want excitement? Shoot tungsten (except > that no one under the age of 45 even knows that non-daylight films > were ever manufactured). > > > > Or "high ISO performance." Ahem, how about ASA? Remember what 800 > or 1600 looked like in 1975? And all these criticisms come from > people who want "high ISO performance" because they want to shoot > cr at ppy variable aperture zooms racked all the way out (so, f/5.6), > don't know how to properly hold the camera or release the shutter > and never thought of a tripod. Oh, and are happy using their pop-up > powerless flash but couldn't do guide number math to save their souls. > > > > Or the fixation on 1:1 crops, from people who will never in their > lives see a photo at more than 75dpi, print nothing, frame nothing, > show nothing. But ya gotta see them crops, man. This lens is a stud. > > > > I could go on but I'm running a fever for reasons having absolutely > nothing to do with Leicas... ;-) > > > > Regards > > John > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information