Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rant away, Ted. What else are friends for? I too can remember when we agreed a ban on tech talk at your suggestion and it was all images and C&C. Peter On 14/06/2012 17:16, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Man I don't know if I got up off the wrong side of the bed this morning? > Had > horrible nightmares? Sure didn't have anything to drink other than water > and a > cup of coffee I'm drinking at the moment. > > Which since awakening another morning to all the wasted picture taking > time.... > "YOURS & MINE!" Because as I always do, click on what the weather for the > day > should be....... "another wasted bit of time." I should just look out the > window! If the sun is shining leave the blind-up and know it's worth > "GOING OUT > FOR A WALK ABOUT HAPPY SNAPPING SOMETHING!" Or it's crappy weather and go > waste > the day looking at the screen again! > > But really sometimes all you folks get off on the equipment crap that > becomes > nothing but a bucket of puke given you chase lenses, this that and every > kind of > camera types you've owned or wouldn't own, used, or a tripod, the colour > in a > slide is right, wrong, good, bad or ugly!!! > > But the techie babblefest is becoming an extremely tiring drone that's > both > blinding and deafening. For a few short days there was a wonderful flood of > cruise ship photos really interesting and worth following, comparing and > enjoying the viewing time. > > So OK I haven't posted anything either! WHY? Well my pea sized brain is > overwhelmed with the canon vs. the S2, the Nikon with or without a lens of > 50mm > some say they wouldn't use for the bottom of a coke bottle and it goes on. > Grain, no grain, etc etc. > > And when you get off on all this kind of crap you all seem to forget the > most > important part of the picture taking process....... "THE CONTENT OF THE > PHOTOGRAPH AND HOW YOU ARE MOVED BY IT!" Never mind what the hell > lens/camera > you used! > > Now there you go! Maybe it's just me and how somedays around here are > horrible > bouts of god damn memories instead of my beautiful wife being here! :-( > And I > can't see the keys for crying and I'm just pissed off with the world and > everything in it! Sorry about the rant.But thanks for the shoulders to cry > on!. > > :-( > > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig