[Leica] New Monochrome? EVERYONE!

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Mark Rabiner OFFERED:
>>> Well the idea that we're getting into an era now where sensor speed is
not
like film speed at all and is handled  much differently.
If that's what's happening its not a question of my or anyone's opinion we
just do it. I can guess and guess wrong if that's really going to happen or
not. Feels wrong to me. I don't like it. But I'm wrong myself at least once
a week.<<<<<<<


Hi Mark.
When a post such as yours opens and mentions things about pushing and
pulling film I "ALWAYS LEARN SOME THING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY!" That I was never
aware of during all my years of film use and processing. Certainly much of
the theories and practices. Quite amazing I ever made photography as a
career as successful as it has been for 65 years.

In many cases I don't have a clue what the words mean and that my negs
turned out as well as they did even when making 16X20 exhibition prints on
double weight matt paper for a few high end galleries.

It seems I was always shooting even in all those years in a form of "KISS"
without realizing I was doing so. It's no wonder I confess quite openly
about my lack of understanding of and dismissal of the mired of electronic
TECHIE STUFF of our modern day equipment / processing etc! 

And most certainly the many many items you lads discuss quite openly! You
might as well be speaking in the "MARTIAN LANGUAGE!"

To me as long as the captured image looks "REAL COOL!" that's all that
matters. All those fancy names, measurements, circular doo-dads don't matter
as long as excellent images completely push all that stuff aside. And it
doesn't really matter how it's done? As long as you've a beautiful captured
life moment!

You name it in gear?  If I should purchase a new lens I don't buy it then
try it out as I already know what I'll use it for.

Like out of box, "click on Camera and into photo battle without a bunch of
testing and asking questions of others and their results and thoughts? As
long as I've stayed with LEICA all these years, even though at times they've
completely "pissed me off no end!" I have been most successful in all the
various venues and assignments about the world and across the continents all
these years with published works. Because of my LEICA'S"  AND KISS! :-)

At times I feel I should become serious and learn all the fancy words and
what they do etc.

But then I find a word or words I can't even pronounce and my immediate
response is????? "SCREW IT!" As I immediately know what my "KISS" means and
99.9% the style there of? It has never failed me. Well? Once! I forgot to
put film in the camera! :-)  DON'T TELL! ;-)

Heck today I don't even know all the LEICA versions on the market, but who
cares? Bottom line? If you don't have the income to buy any of them?  "WHO
CARES HOW MANY AND HOW GOOD?" And if you let oneself become all fussed-up
about it? All that's going to do is have you throwing-up your breakfast
because you've let yourself get all upset "OVER DIDDLY-SQUAT!" You can't buy
it? Get over it! "WHO CARES?" 

Just a Friday morning passing thought.

Have a good weekend CREW! :-)

CHEERS,
ted  :-)