Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I did HAVE to shoot tri-x for years, and that's why I shoot most always in colo(u)r. Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look > On Jan 4, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!! A NEAR BATTLE STORM DUE TO NEW TECHNOLOGY! :-( > Forget all this babblefesting colour/B&W/ converting M9 and all the other > techie stuff! Is the M9 the only camera creating all these perceived > problems/situations? > Back yourselves up to, lets say? Tri-X or Plus-X?1950 > Would you all be beating on each other and or camera in referring to the > same techie jibberish?? I bet not! > Imagine you're working for a wire service or newspaper and all you shoot is > B&W film? Now you're out on an assignment and you can only shoot B&W? > However, it's a big fire with lots of wild colours flashing about! COLOUR! > COLOUR! > Do you know what you'd be doing? > Screw the colour and be shooting your brains out with the film the > newspaper > supplies you with to cover your assignments! AND CAPTURE MAGICAL PHOTOS! > TODAY? Me? Digital? Without a so called technical thought I'm shooting > colour. Hell I don't even know if you can set an M8, let alone an M9? To > shoot in B&W only? > Oh yeah, I didn't read the manual in depth, as at the time "I GOT THE > CAMERA!" I had a two day assignment to shoot and had to get my ass out the > door! So I shot everything in "REAL COOL COLOUR!" DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL!" > > Me? AWESOME COOL! No more two films! Then when I learned how to print B&W > from colour???? GREAT! > Clients loved seeing colour & BW conversions as beautiful as they were. > Then > I learned a little of the "auto TWEAKING BUTTONS?" Very cool! > And I basically laughed all the way to the bank!:-) > Then along come you guys and all this super techie stuff creating a > confusion that WOULD MAKE A BLIND MAN? blinder! > Me? I just go out without a thought. But my "OBSERVATION EYE" turned on! > Remember I only have one good eye. I just get lucky in my "OBSERVATION > MODE!" :-) > ok THERE I'VE PROBABLY STIRRED IT ALL UP A BIT? :-) Don't I just bug you > at > times??? :-) > CHEERS crew! > Dr. ted Grant C.M. O.C. > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information