Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > >Johnny Deadman wrote: > >> Photoshop isn't hard. It's no harder than you Leica. >> >> If I had one request to the Photoshop Gods (apart from 16-bit layers, that >> is) it would be for an extended 'custom' filter that would let you create >> new filters based on the matrix model, but with a lot more control. >> >Come on, JD, "no harder than your Leica?" In a pig's eye! I love >PhotoShop, but it's no all mechanical Leica M. Your very comment about >wanting a custom filter that would allow the creating of "new filters >based on the matrix model" proves it. The what?!!?? > >I think the reality is that folks who master, or quasi-master PhotoShop >tend to forget how damn complex it is, and how steep the learning curve. > >BTW, I'm not suggesting that it isn't worth the effort, just pointing >out that there really is a great deal of effort involved in begining to >master the program... > >B. D. > > No B.D. ! You are missing the point. If you were starting today for the first time ever with a manual camera, you'd think it was soooooo complicated! In fact, if you were handed a cheap Point & Shoot and a Leica you would get better exposures from the P&S. Once you know the basics of photography, a manual camera is simple to use. But starting with no photographic knowledge would be utterly confounding! Photoshop is very much the same. Henry