Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An advantage to having learned to shoot a simple box with controls is that we know when the wondrous computer/camera is telling a fib. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:25 AM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Oct 27, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > Oh there were film loading issues that could bite you too. > > > > And then there were all the gotchas that came with processing film. > > > > Adam > > > >> On Oct 27, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> > >> I agree, George. When I started out in 1952 with a Leica IIIa and > Elmar 50/3.5, the only stupid mistake one could make was to fail to extend > the lens! > > Quite true Adam. > > Though all those tasks and processes > also determine the level of craftsmanship > to be discovered within a finished photographic work. > > also the use of mind instead of computers; > including experience and intuitions. > > ?just reminiscences of decades past > when we had a simple lens and shutter > on one end of a dark box > and a ground glass and/or piece of film > on the other end. > focus > aperture > shutter > expose > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA