Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spoken like a true dino..... - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Bauman [mailto:jbauman@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 4:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: AF, a FAD? Peter K wrote... >Face it guys. You are dinosaurs with MF cameras... Wait a minute. Where is the ART in pointing your camera at something, pushing a button, having the camera focus for you, set the exposure, ad nauseum, and then claim it's "your" photograph, or "art?" But, he also sez... >Nonsense, if the resulting photograph is excellent no one cares if it were >artistically created with a manual settings camera, or done via an AF SLR, >or for that matter a P&S. Well..... maybe we have a little more respect for the creator... And Greg writes... >Don't let your equipment get in the way of a good photo. The human decision >making process is more important to making good photographs then technology. >If you know WHEN to push the shutter button your are %95 of the way to a >good photograph. Amen. You can also select auto-land in an airliner and claim you're a pilot, or you can fly cross country in a warbird (oh YAAAA!!!) ..... Where's the real skill, or expression? Worse yet, you can drive a Porsche 996 and claim it's a "sports" car. Don't get me started on THAT one!! Jim Bauman "Art requires sacrifice..."