Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Technical detail--why?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:21:08 +0100
 
Someone, I think Cedric, commented on Jean-Michel's pictures today, asking 
for technical details. That got me thinking--back when I first took up 
photography in 1985, I religiously noted lens, exposure etc. in a notebook. 
I still have that notebook. The only thing is, the I have never actually 
used the information noted therein. Nowadays, I do not care about the 
technical details, indeed, when I post my weekly pictures, I don't even 
mention the equipment used. What's the point? Either the photo is good or it 
isn't. Whether I used my 4x5 or my iPhone should not influence the viewer's 
evaluation.

Technical details are useless at best, and harmful at worst.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA
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