Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 7, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > compression of the Sitzfleisch also makes the wallet thinner, so we're back > where we started. Still unable to afford a new Leica lens. > > The ASPH lenses in combo with the M8 and M9, which many luggers use, > sometimes border on the-almost-too-sharp to my eye. Except in the widest > (big landscape/seascape) views they can lack subtlety -- there is a > tendency > for the more intimate pictures to look as if they were processed by an ad > agency for placement in Time. (I keep thinking they would look astounding > in > black and white however; perhaps Luis will fill that gap now that he's > gallavanting around with his M8.... ) The pictures these newer lenses take > of clouds and the sky's infinitely various colors are amazing -- but those > are soft things. The hard edges of the world seem with these lenses to be > harder even than they are: as in cinema and other art forms, there's a > possibility we've reached the natural end of the mimetic impulse in art, a > 10,000 year progression -- in that we can now do reality better than > reality > can do itself. Which makes the experience just a little pornographic. for shooters who feel that sharpness is everything, I could not agree more with you, Steve > > Just some Sunday ruminations, with fleisch all too well sitzed. > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Mar 7, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Howard Ritter wrote: >> >>> Not only did he address Relativity, but he also praised the value of >> "Sitzfleisch" >>> ?just what it sounds like, sit-flesh, for perching on while doing Deep >> Thinking? >>> as an essential component of creativity. >> >> compression of the Sitzfleisch likely allows better perfusion of the >> brain, >> >> >> right doctor? >> >> >> Steve >> >>> >>> I'm taking his advice. He always was my intellectual hero... >>> >>> ?howard >>> >>> On Mar 7, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 7, 2010, at 5:05 AM, Howard Ritter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rabs, I thought my wallet was getting thinner as the years went by, >> too. >>>>> Turned out it's my butt getting thicker! >>>> >>>> >>>> that's what Einstein was talking about... >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information