Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe: "impossible" just wasn't the right word for leica to use, even in the early 2000s. Marty On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe some semantics? Having talked a little with the senior engineers > there > and beta tested their firmware I can confirm that there is a LOT happening > to produce the results you see. > Respect what the camera produces from even lenses designed 50 year before > the camera was thought of ;-) > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Lighting- eyes- action* > > > > On 13 October 2011 23:05, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > >> The microlenses and software corrections were established technologies >> when Leica were saying it was impossible to make a digital M - they >> just hadn't put the two ideas together in their heads. ?They also >> thought they could hang in with film and would be okay, but they were >> wrong. ?It was the same when Ernst Leitz said that the rangefinder >> would prevail over the SLR. ?Many, many other companies have done it >> and not survived - Leica have been fortunate, luckily for us. >> >> It's a long way from "nearly impossible". >> >> Marty >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at >> gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi Jim. I don't want to derail the thread you are in. >> > But let me tell you that was and is nearly true. >> > There is a LOT done in the camera with every file from the M9 even in >> > the >> > raw files. There is a BIG lot done on anything from wide lenses. >> > Only the idea of different angles on micro-lenses towards the edges made >> > this possible at all and it is still at the ragged edge. >> > >> > Cheers >> > Geoff >> > >> > *Lighting- eyes- action* >> > >> > >> > >> > On 13 October 2011 22:51, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> I have so many memories of Sal, one of which was his lengthy >> >> explanation >> >> (delivered from top brass at Leica) on why there could never be a >> digital >> >> M. ?Evidently the physics of the camera made a digital version utterly >> >> impossible. >> >> >> >> J >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org >> >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On >> >> Behalf >> Of >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:54 PM >> >> To: Leica Users Group >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Culmination of Sal DiMarco research >> >> >> >> Well done, Phil! >> >> >> >> FWIW, this may be a good time to remind of my little Sal memento that >> has >> >> been on my web site since 2004: >> >> >> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com/sal.html >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nathan >> >> >> >> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 5:28 , Phil Forrest wrote: >> >> >> >> > For my final act as an undergrad at Temple University I'm putting on >> >> > a >> >> > public show of Sal DiMarco's work with the "Philadelphia Evening >> >> > & Sunday Bulletin" as well as what little of his personal work I will >> >> > be able to work through. >> >> > Dr. Ed Trayes, the director of the photography sequence as well as >> >> > the >> >> > sponsor for my independent study was a friend of Sal's as well and is >> >> > looking forward to his work being shown and installed at the school. >> >> > The date of this exhibit is TBD but tentatively will be held in >> >> > mid-December. There is a chance that I will host it in late January >> >> > or >> >> > early February of next year. >> >> > I never got the chance to meet Sal but just looking at the Urban >> >> > Archives collection in the Paley Library at Temple, his work pervades >> >> > Philadelphia history from the early 70's on. >> >> > Of course, every LUG member is invited. One aspect of this project is >> a >> >> > multimedia record and presentation of what Sal's friends and family >> wish >> >> > to say about him and his work. >> >> > I've learned recently that there are 40 boxes of Sal's personal >> >> > negatives which are largely uncatalogued and not archived digitally >> >> > or >> >> > in print at all. The custodian of the Urban Archives, which holds >> >> > this personal work said that it was on long-term loan from Sal's >> >> > brother Joe for use by Temple students. The show is also an aim to >> >> > get >> >> > this personal work archived for future use. >> >> > This is a giant project that I could work on for easily 5 more years >> >> > but its time has come. >> >> > >> >> > Here is my letter to the journalism chair and faculty: >> >> > >> >> > ? ? ? Throughout his life, Salvatore "Sal" C. DiMarco Jr. was a >> >> Philadelphia photographer. He worked for the "Philadelphia Evening & >> >> Sunday Bulletin" from 1967 when he began there until the day it closed >> in >> >> 1982. His tenure at the "Bulletin" saw him move up the ranks from >> >> intern >> >> all the way to chief photographer. The photographic vision of DiMarco >> >> during those 15 years helped to shape the visual record of Philadelphia >> as >> >> we know it. After the "Bulletin" closed in 1982 DiMarco worked >> >> full-time >> >> as a freelance photojournalist. He contributed to TIME magazine, was a >> >> photographer with the Black Star photo agency, was a member of the >> >> White >> >> House News Photographers Association in addition to several >> >> professional >> >> journalism organizations. >> >> > ? ? ? DiMarco died suddenly on June 11, 2004 at the age of 57, >> >> > leaving >> >> behind an immense photographic collection of professional and personal >> >> images, many of the Philadelphia area. The photographic record which >> >> Temple University holds in the Urban Archives is invaluable and the >> >> contribution which DiMarco made during his time at the "Bulletin" >> >> cannot >> >> be overlooked. >> >> > ? ? ? I intend to bring light to the work of this Temple alum and >> >> > very >> >> important member of the Philadelphia journalism community through a >> >> memorial show of his work with the "Bulletin" and permanently >> >> displaying >> >> some of his photos with stories throughout the School of Communication >> and >> >> Theater as well as in the Urban Archives themselves. >> >> > ? ? ? Further, I hope this memorial show and installation will help >> >> > me >> >> in my effort towards getting 40 large boxes of DiMarco's personal >> >> negatives archived for future use by Temple students and researchers in >> >> the Philadelphia region. >> >> > >> >> > Respectfully, >> >> > Philip Forrest >> >> > Temple Photojournalism Class of 2012" >> >> > >> >> > Again, I will be updating the LUG on the date when this event will be >> >> > held and where the images will be displayed permanently. >> >> > I look forward to possibly meeting more of the LUG for this show and >> >> > prominently bringing Sal's very important photographic work in Philly >> >> > to the students in the journalism school as well as the whole >> >> > University. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks all, >> >> > Phil Forrest >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Leica Users Group. >> >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >> >> >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> >> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >