[Leica] Re; Copy quality (was HCB negative)

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I'm just seeing this not Ted thanks for the good vibes its been over a
decade we've been on this list I remember the earth quake in Portland and
the phone rang and it was you calling from Canada nobody else cared if I
lived or died!  I had a crack in my wall which was  a bitch to fix.
I'll not address this copy neg foible again next time it comes up which it
will in a few months some guy will claim reputable people are selling fine
art prints for thousands of thousands made from copy negs I'm just going to
let it slide and pick other battles. The only reason why I really got it
this time was that not only was it was the dumbest baloney  it was deja Vue
all over again for  the forth or fifth time and I was mad as hell and I
wasn't going to take it any more.

I think if I decided to join the Nuclear Submarine list tomorrow I'd not
come on talking about how all the guys breathed helium to stop the ship from
sinking too fast I think I'd read a book on it first before I started to
start combining conjecture with my more lucid dreams. Maybe take a class.
Maybe take a ride in one. Maybe try snorkel skin diving with fins.

Mark

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Mark William Rabiner




> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:11:22 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re; Copy quality (was HCB negative)
> 
> Mark me old son. :-)
> I sympathize with you given your years of experience working film and
> printing extremely high quality images from film of various sizes . And yes
> maybe the odd time from a dupe neg????
> 
> I used to get into screaming at the computer screen at times during the 
> past
> decade or so being on the LUG when subjects went on day after day when I
> knew the conversation was nothing more than a mish mash of hash nobody 
> could
> do anything about at all..... BUT !! Day after day mess up the screen and 
> my
> pea picking sized mind.
> 
> Many times, and I confess I have gotten into more than my fare share of
> verbal battles of useless diatribe that would've been better spent me 
> taking
> pictures of wet concrete in the rain shooting patterns! :-)
> 
> Some of these "conversations" end up leading no where but giving folks
> ulcers and head aches. And regardless of whether one is right or wrong
> absolutely accomplish nothing.... Only tick you off royally!
> 
> Equate this to screaming your head off at some lunatic driver who's just 
> cut
> you off in traffic! You just want to drive over him a few times & teach him
> a lesson in driving etiquette! You are in  a rage to kill!
> 
> Meanwhile he drives merrily along without a care in the world! Same as here
> often..... "You know what you say is absolute God's truth perfect common
> sense photographically logical and technically correct! No question! "But
> you sit there looking at the screen in a mode of "Kill the SOB!"
> 
> I have slowly learned, however? It took me a very long time to get this
> through my head...... both in the car and looking at the screen... "SIT
> BACK.... TAKE A DEEP BREATHE!" And just let it go! PERIOD! Your emotions 
> and
> what you want to do to both messenger and driver isn't worth the time of
> day. In some cases it's far beyond others comprehension that what you say
> because you've done it for years as a professional working photographer for
> paying clients really means something from daily practice!!
> 
> In most assignments far more experience than the weekend enthusiast can 
> ever
> imagine in a lifetime regardless of what they have read and or shot without
> having to answer to someone paying a fee! Certainly of several thousand
> dollars a day for your expertise and talents!
> 
> So mon ami, close yer eyes and think about some very cool assignments from
> the past that gave you wonderful success and a job well done.  But most
> importantly? You had a great deal of fun shooting it! Simply by being you
> and doing your thing with a smile on your face! :-)
> 
> So OK take yer deep breath and smile!~ :-)
> 
> Take care my friend,
> cheers,
> ted.
> 
> 
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