Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bill erfurth wrote: > > >>>It begins to look like some folks just don't want to do anything > using > >their fingers and brains to take pictures any more. They want the > camera= > > > >to do all their thinking for them and if they want all the BS bells and > >whistles, hell there are any number of "dumbell no thought P&S cameras" > o= > >n > >the market! So why spend the money for a wonderfull camera like an M6, > th= > >en > >wish a bunch of two bit P&S simpleton elements to it!<< > > > >Amen!!! > > > >Regards, > >Don Bledsoe > > Hello Don & others, > > I have to confess to having this secret desire. > > Now, if I do this I will be drumbed out of the professional photographer > ranks for life...but I still have the desire. > > I want to take a chimpanzee and teach him how to point and push the > button on an auto-focus, auto-exposure camera, with a motor drive. All > I would have to do is load the film. Now if you let the chimp shoot a > hundred rolls of film (3600 exposures) there are bound to be some good > shots in there. > > Then you do a magazine artical or two on the photos without telling > anyone that a chimp shot them. Then you get the chimp a stock agency. > Then you get the chimp in a show or two. And then and only then you > tell everyohne that a chimp took the pictures. > > And the funny part about this is that it can...and will be done sooner > or later. > > Regards, > Bill > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com BILL, AND OTHER LEICAPHILES: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT IT ISN'T BEING DONE ALREADY?