Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Ted, ;-) Always a pleasure read your messages! cheers Lluis El 19/09/2012, a las 21:11, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Hi CREW, > With all this new stuff you lads are talking about and explaining > how wonderful it will be using a Leica?????? > > I'm really surprised how any of us ever got decent photographs this > past 60 years? I suppose, HCB, DDD and many many others of us were > extremely lucky we ever got anything in proper focus without > peeking? And our photographs are still revered today. > > At one time it was offered, "if you gave 100 monkeys in a situation > each a camera, some "might take or make some interesting images?" > Now with all this new whiz bang stuff most of us can't afford the > camera in any event! It wont require a 100 monkeys to take, maybe? A > few interesting photographs? Or one? Because the instrument in hand, > it seems, will only take one monkey with lots of money to buy one > and the camera will be taking perfect pictures with out even knowing > what's happening! Well maybe peeking??????? Peaking??? > > As in many earlier announcements about improvements etc.? Why not > SAVE some of the comments until at least a couple hundred? machines > are in the hands of everyday folks like ourselves to find out if all > these dinky toy improvements actually give you better "CONTENT > PHOTOGRAPHS?" Remember folks that is what photography is supposed to > be all about! "THE IMAGE CONTENT CAPTURED!" By the machine in our > hands and and what "WE SEE!" Not the camera guts!!! > > Just wondering in my usual state of confusion after being a > photographer who "took the picture because it was what I saw in the > viewfinder and little white lines?" CLICK! Neat photo without a > thought about what was inside the camera other than? "I did put film > in it? Didn't I?" Just wondering? > > Your endearing thoughts most welcome. :-) > cheers, > > Dr. ted :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information