Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, Thank you for the heads-up on this article! Most interesting! Actually a very good topic for intelligent conversation these days given the rapid advancement of iphones and the likes of equipment. I attended a friends wedding last week and there was a chap holding-up, at near arms length? What appeared to be a "slim-line laptop." Strange I thought, "whatever would he be doing holding a lap top in that fashion?" Much to my surprise he was taking and transmitting images instantly to the grooms' family who live in Chile! But here I was with an M8 Leica doing a few happy snaps for fun and just couldn't imagine doing so with such an outlandish sized capturing machine. I dare not call it a camera! WHY? Well in reality, it's merely an "Electronic Instrument for an operator to record some form of digital image." But then I'm bias about the electronic phones of the day as "operators snap billions of recordings daily" But have the audacity to call themselves ... Pardon the expression... "PHOTOGRAPHERS!" When in reality they're merely "EIO's"! Electronic Instrument Operators! :-) Most without a clue of what makes an interesting and moving photograph! An image of some sort? "Yes!" However next week I begin lessons from a very talented professional photographer who captures absolutely amazing photographs with a "iPhone-Camera!" :-) And I truly do not refer to him as an "EIO" for fear of having to eat his iPhone-Camera!" :-) Quite possibly my "Old-man attitude" toward the i-phone may well change shortly. :-) We shall see. Thanks again for the "blog-site" on this topic. cheers, Dr. ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 7:46 AM Subject: [Leica] About current photography > <http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/in-an-age-of-likes-commonplace-images-prevail/?smid=fb-share#/1/> > > a note off the iPad, George > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information