Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Musings on the role of photography
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:46:50 -0500

Are you the same guy who stated a while ago that photographs must have
every part of the image in sharp focus?  If so, then I suggest that the
rest of the LUG ignore this clear attempt at trolling.

Dan C.

At 04:15 PM 31-12-98 +0100, Alan Hull wrote:
>I am puzzled why modern photographers revere these old names of the
>distant past.  Their images for the most part are second rate when
>compared to the awesome results produced by many current, known and
>unknown, photographers today.
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>Perhaps its the mistaken belief that the images are good because they
>were made with ancient unmanagable equipment.  Which is ridiculous, of
>course, because an image must stand alone regardless of what or even
>who made it.
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>I wonder how many of the old masters would succeed with todays
>competition if they (hypothetically) had to start now.  I suspect that
>the versatility of modern equipment would render their flair for
>peeling paint pictures totally obsolete.
>
>Regards and a Happy New year
>Alan Hull
>                 Speciallization is for insects.
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