Re: [Leica] Last Post

[ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>]

Good poets make good photographers...just think poetry for the eye....
trish
> From: "Graham Battison" <Graham.Battison@btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:15:50 -0000
> To: "LUG" <Leica-Users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: [Leica] Last Post
> 
> The Leicaslackers (M2 Division) Lament
> 
> Sitting around admiring my Leica
> Never dreaming of taking a shot
> Dressing it like a chrome coloured Barbie
> With the few accessories Iıve got
> 
> The incredibly weighty summicron
> The meter, booster and close up specs
> The satisfying click as the lens locks
> The photo equivalent of sex?
> 
> Then one fateful night on the Internet
> Just surfing around for a while
> An H.C.B. decisive moment
> My random, chance encounter with Kyle
> 
> He describes my attitude to the Leica
> With uncanny insight and precision
> He has me rolling around with laughter
> And inspires me to a decision
> 
> Next time I go out with a camera
> No more of equipment overkill
> Iıll be travelling light with the Leica
> Meter, body and the 50 mill
> 
> But talk is cheap unlike the old Leica
> And words are much easier than deeds
> And Iım soon scouring all of the used ads
> To satisfy additional lens needs
> 
> This attempt to get value for money
> Is going entirely the wrong way
> The 35 and 90 summicrons
> Are going to cost several weeks pay
> 
> But how can I justify such outlay
> When Iım no more than a camera geek?
> Then Kyle gives me the justification
> Iıll need them for my " picture a week"
> 
> I spend one thousand plus on the lenses
> In search of good value? Thatıs funny!
> Then of course there is the web site software
> Which in turn will cost still more money
> 
> I need to get the best from my scanner
> So I purchase something called Vuescan
> Read about it on the Lug, where else?
> I hope itıs not money down the pan
> 
> The next software is Cyber View Image
> I need it to get a good jpeg
> This purchase must be some kind of mistake
> It didnıt cost an arm and a leg
> 
> I must carry a camera at all times
> If Iım to feed the picture a week
> Which in turn means a point and shoot camera
> One used Minilux. SOLD! To the geek
> 
> I know I have to improve my technique
> Before I show photos to the group
> I need tips about street photography
> Best methods, tricks of the trade and soup
> 
> My searching takes me to Johnny Deadman
> As sites go this is one of the greats
> Heıs helpful and expert and Iım convinced
> I need a Sekonic L308
> 
> So itıs back to the ads for a bargain
> I know itıs madness! I know Iım skint!
> My credit card is frayed at the edges
> And there is still no sign of a print
> 
> Speaking of prints, I want them in mono
> But my printer prints with a red cast
> That means the "Peizo plunge" and Cone Software
> Stop! Stop! Stop! The money just wont last
> 
> But if I stop now itıs been for nothing
> Except the fun of owning the gear
> But looking again at the lugger sites
> Fills me with an all consuming fear
> 
> And its funny how everyones, pictures
> Look better when you get your own site
> And from being sure that I could hack it
> Well; now I only think I just might
> 
> Thereıs Wajsman, Berube and George Callender
> Kyle, Tina, Bill in Denver and LeHuray
> I will never get results like they do
> No matter how I pump in the money
> 
> And all those dead links on "whoıs doing paw"
> What happened? Where are they? What went wrong?
> Did they blow out their brains in frustration?
> Or quit and sell their gear for a song?
> 
> Yet some guys routinely post great pictures
> You doubt me? Can I prove it? You bet!
> Go check out SonCıs "Kathy" and "Jackson"
> And Brownlow pictures jump right out of the set
> 
> So now I am faced with a real dilemma
> Will picture a week really be fun?
> Do I declare my site and post pictures?
> Or give in to temptation and run
> 
> Do I sit silently in the background?
> Read lug postings for my daily fix
> Or get out and about with a Leica?
> Then give luggers access to my pics
> 
> As I take stock of the situation
> This one thing is abundantly clear
> So far I have spent a bloody fortune
> To justify expense on previous gear
> 
> Well thatıs it. No more fancy equipment
>> From now, money goes on film not gear
> For better or worse week one is posted
> If you want to see it, itıs here. www.g.....
> 
> Sorry luggers I chickened out. IŒm sure you are a really nice bunch but I am
> intimidated by the quality of your photography, your gear, your CVıs. You
> name it; Iım intimidated by it. Looking on the bright side I now have more
> toys (yes I really did make those purchases) to play with even though I know
> money doesnıt make good photographs. My web site is up with a few
> photographs, mainly Olympus some Leica, to aid with site layout etc. On Jan
> 1 2002 I fully intend to start posting a Leica shot each week but as for
> giving luggers the address? I donıt know if Iıll ever have the balls, maybe
> I could buy a set, whereıs that credit card?
> p.s. love the Minilux, what a pity they donıt do extra lenses for it.
> 
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