Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find the _transition_ to digital to be the most fascinating part. Years ago, I had the good fortune to tour the Collingwood Ontario shipyards (long gone). Their draftsmen drew the subtly curved steel hull plates with ink pens after which a laser traced the hand drawn lines to automatically guide the cutting torch. I couldn't believe the accuracy with which these people drew! Afterward, whenever I'd look at the welded seams of the hull of a ship, I'd think of those people at their drafting tables, and the painstaking care with which they drew. Of course, now that drawing is done on computer, such drawing accuracy is a cinch. And when I look at the hull of a new ship, I imagine people staring at computer screens. And just try selling a drafting table these days! I expect the same with the tansition in photography. Cutting edge Cone Piezography-like technology will eventually be on the desktop of schoolchildren. And when looking at photographs(piezographs) of the future, I expect that I will be imagining photographers recharging batteries, and staring at computer screens . All that will be left to ponder is the decisive moment itself. That alone is what will separate the men and women from the mice. And so I agree with you Johnny that "all the rest is mayonnaise", but only in the context of the digital medium that is now becoming available. Something gained, something lost. - -David Binder (it's *only* the thought that counts) > Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:57:19 -0400 > From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: dry & wet darkroom :-()-: > Message-ID: <B61289CF.3D4E%john@pinkheadedbug.com> > References: > > on 17/10/00 9:33 pm, Martin Howard at howard.390@osu.edu wrote: > > > Uniqueness of image *comes* from non-uniqueness of process, to some extent. > > Image has to be seen holistically, or I could go out and photograph a friend > > jumping over a puddle and sell it for as much as a new print of the Gare St. > > Lazare negative. > > yeah, try it, M > > uniquness of image comes from pressing the shutter at the right time with > the right thing in the frame and the exposure set right and the lens > focussed where you want it and knowing how to make a print of it... in > whatever medium you like > > all the rest is mayonnaise > > - -- > Johnny Deadman > y