Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No question it could have been better!:-) It also might have been better if I took photos of this type more than once in the proverbial blue moon, or used color more often than that.;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bill Satterfield Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:57 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica BD, just think how good it could have been if it had been taken with a Leica. bdcolen wrote: >Are you smoking crack, Fred, or are you really suggesting that the only >images that qualify as "photographs" in your view are taken with >Leicas, and that any good image is representative of "the Leica way?" > >And, yes, like any reasonably good photographer, I can capture images >with my Olympus Stylus that are the equal of photographs taken by those >who are not reasonably good photographers but own Leicas because they >think that doing so makes them good "photographers." > >Here's one I shot in 1982 - when I was doing much less shooting than I >do now - with an Olympus XA, and what you are seeing is a scan of the >60 min photo lab 4x6 print I've had all these years. >http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-35306.html > >BTW, it may come as a real shock to you, but many of the world's great >photographers (and God knows I do not in any way consider myself such >:-) ) were not, and are not, Lecia shooters. > >B. D. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Fred >Sears >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:29 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica > > >of course...like i said earlier, Leicas certainly aren't right for >everyone, are they??? > >I'm sure you do great with your Olympus Stylus... > >ROFLOL! > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:08 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica > > >WHAT? So if one takes a "photograph" with a Nikon, a Canon, a Contax, a >Rollei, or for that matter an Olympus Stylus, it is representative of >"the Leica way?" > >ROFLOL! > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Fred >Sears >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:41 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica > > >The "Leica way" is simply the difference between a "photograph" and a >"snapshot" - and, sadly, it seems that many folks are unable to "see" >the difference. > >But, then again, they certainly aren't right for everyone... :) > > > >-- >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 > >-- >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