Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Strangely interesting conclusion on your part. Send everyone on the list a print which is much more representative of the glass and it's capabilities. Digital photos scanned at very low resolutions for comparisons prove nothing. Regards, Greg B. D. Colen wrote: >I have to say 'thanks,' and your comments are all right on - although I >would argue that number 4 will always have some relevance as a political >social image...But given our short national memory, maybe not..:-( > >As to the Big Question.. > >Yes, #3 was shot with a Summicron 28....#4 was shot with a Vivitar Series I >28 on a Honeywell Pentax, which is what I "moved up" to from my first "real" >camera, a IIIc with a Serenar 50 1.8. > >I think the lesson here, given that thus far 50% of the guessers have >guessed wrong, and NO ONE has flat out said - 'Oh, THAT's a Leica image,' is >that as wonderful as Leica glass is, this 'I can tell a Leica image at 50 >paces stuff' is so much bs. ;-) > >Bottom line - "it ain't the meat, it's the motion." > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory >Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 3:40 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Two "new" images > > >I'm going to be PC for a change. It doesn't matter. Two strong images. >Number 3 is a timeless image that any human could process and make up their >own mind about. Number 4 requires social relevance training; This means >that in some cultures and at some future time the image will have little >relevance. Back to the debate about captions, number four has a different >meaning in 1968 than 1964. > >But, just because I actually got some sleep and a whole day off, #3 is the >Leica and #4 is the other. Only because you keep saying that you use your >Leica where they are strongest which is wide angles in low light. That >describes the shot of the couple on the bed. > >Don Dory >dorysrus@mindspring.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html