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[Sonny Carter]

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
>
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>
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Sonny
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