Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Foveon March on
From: Robert Schneider <rolopix@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:34:18 -0500

Tell it to Jacques Lowe's daughter.

RS

> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I think we may be missing the point. I have no doubt that digital technology
> will be impressive and every bit as good as film to most folks. Even BF
> (before Foveon) the quality of the $1000 Nikon, Canon, and Olmpus cameras
> could turn out a splendid print.
> 
> To me quality of digital cameras and even digital printing isn't the issue.
> The issue is the evidence we have for the original exposure -- its time,
> place, subject(s) and lighting. Digital can't sustain that documentation over
> the long term. I've been using my Leicas for over three decades. I have every
> one of their negatives filed and accessible in a few minutes. Those negatives
> are immutable. They'll be that way until they crumble into dust, which can
> take well over a century. The photography I want to save falls into the film
> category. Other uses of photography match digital technology perfectly; and
> I'll use digital for those purposes.
> 
> As time goes on I believe that digital cameras will look very much like their
> film counterparts. For all I know, perhaps we'll be able to routinely click a
> digital module into a film camera body in the field. Interchangeable lenses
> at one end and interchangeable sensors at the other. A Leica M will remain a
> Leica M, even with this modification. And if we want a new dedicated film
> Leica M, we'll be able to buy that as well.
> 
> But we all know how to make a contact print file of our negatives and read
> them against light. Digital thumbnails previewed on a computer monitor is on
> the other side. 
> 
> Ladies and Gentlemen: Start your engines!
> 
> br 

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