Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica and 15 year old technology
From: Michael Garmisa <elmar@webreach.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:00:11 -0400 (EDT)

On 29-Jun-98 Alan Ball wrote:
> I know this caricatures heavily your point of view, but I think your
> judgement on who makes the picture - camera or person - is also a
> caricature. Today's up to date technology allows new users to get a much
> better ratio of 'technically correct' images than before. That is a
> progress. Just like 35mm rangefinders were a progress in the 20s. They
> also allowed 'normal human beigns' to shoot a large amount of useable
> images with very little technical knowledge compared to what was
> required before for the same level of productivity.
In the 30's people knew what the rangefinder was doing to improve their
pictures.  I'm will to bet that Nikon engineers don't even know what the chip
is doing, let alone the average user.
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Michael Garmisa <elmar@webreach.com>  
29-Jun-98 13:58:26