Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, Eric, I've been using Ms on and off for about 30 years or so, and I have to say I don't know that I "got it" until I see my negatives - and I don't know of any other photographer who "knows" he got it with a film camera. Certainly you "think" you got it, but thinking and knowing are 2 different things. I'm not arguing that digital is "better" than film. But when it comes to "knowing" you got it, yes, you can look at the two inch screen, turn a dial and 'blow up' the image, examine portions of it, and "know" that you got the basic "it." ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:05 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: The new digital reality - Simon: >But B.D., surely it is better to know you 'Got it!' than take five >rolls and not know whether you 'Got it!' at all until they are >developed. By then it will be too late, and you'll never 'Get it!'. How do you know that you "got it" by looking at a tiny LCD in bright sunlight? One of the major selling points of the M series, at least to me, is that I know if I "got it" when I snap the shutter. I can see through the viewfinder what I got. I can tell if I still see the eyes. I can tell if the subject moved. No, I don't know if I blew the exposure... Or if I left the lens cap on. All sorts of things that could happen thanks to Mr. Murphy. Same could be said for digital. Until the picture is off the card and onto your computer *and* backed up somewhere, you really don't have the shot yet. Eric - -- 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