Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As we're in a new digital age now we are confronted in metadata from what minute the photo was taken and which lens and f stop. The GPS maybe. Cant want for that. Me I find that more then very nice and have no embarrassment about it. As would most people I should think who had an above average interest in their photography. I wish when looking at old contacts, prints and negs I knew the when and the how. So I just make numbers up. "Oh I shot that with my 9o asph Summicron at 125th of a second in 1998 on a Tuesday!" I could be lucky and be guessing right be really I'd really would not mind really knowing at all. I sure as hell did not walk around with a notebook writing things down. I've never had a situation where knowing things was a problem. It was usually NOT knowing things which was not so good. On 3/24/13 6:25 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I do like to find out which lens was used on a photo that I either like or > dislike. Usually it's lenses at the extreme wide or telephoto or extremely > fast that I'm wondering about. The out-of-focus areas of the photo can > make or break the photo for me and I'd like to know the terrible ones to > avoid. That's all. > > Tina > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/