Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the client knew nothing; Angenieux ARE the dream lenses period! the rest is imagination or fantasy ;-) Philippe, father of two well, ang?nieux I mean Le 13 juin 12 ? 23:17, Sonny Carter a ?crit : > Once I had just been delivered a new 9.5-57 Angenieux zoom lens for > our > production camera, and a client hands me a pair of pantie hose. He > wants > me to put the over the lens to add a "dreamy quality" to the image. > > I explained that once the dream is there, it can't be undreamed. > > > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> > wrote: > >>> Thinking about the MM, I find myself wondering why one would pay a >>> $1000 >>> premium for an already extremely expensive digital camera stripped >>> of >>> what, for me, is one of the greatest attractions of digital - the >>> ability >>> to think black and white, produce wonderful black and white >>> images, but >>> always have a color "negative." Shooting with a color sensor >>> allows me to >>> go back to my images years later and discover something that I >>> thought >>> should be a black and white image is, in fact, extraordinary in >>> color. >>> Yes, taking off the bayer filter allows for an otherworldly level of >>> sharpness. But photography, for me at least, is not about etching >>> with a >>> razor blade, it's about catching moments that show us things about >>> the >>> human condition we see every day yet fail to see because they are >>> so much >>> a part of our lives. I don't care about being able to count the >>> number of >>> fibers in the thread holding a button onto someone's collar, I >>> instead to >>> see the joy, or pain, in their eyes. >> >> End of quite rant. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information NO ARCHIVE