Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I couldn't agree more! Martin > > >Mike Gil wrote: >> >> Please don't make us, use Holga's. Have you seen some >> of this stuff. I think seeing light leaks into the >> frame is not a cool thing. Or the other half dozen >> random effects created by this plastic camera. Most >> pictures taken with a Holga look like they accidently >> took off the top of the film developing can before the >> film was fixed, smeared vaseline on the lens and used >> the wrong lens hood. HCB would not be HCB with a >> Brownie, imagine him showing a portfolio full of >> technically weak photographs to an editor. >> > >First off, I said nothing about Holgas, and I suspect you do know >precisely what I was talking about. Second, and I'd better get down in >the trench and prepare for incoming, but HCB took, and published, many >technically weak photos. So what's your point? That using a Leica will >make a mediocre photographer a good one, and a good photographer a great >one? > >Sorry, but that is complete and utter BS. Using a Leica will make a >mediocre photographer a mediocre photographer with sharp images. And a >good photogapher a good photographer with good images. > >Come on, folks...It's a great tool - for some people. It's not a magic >wand. > >B. D.