Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/07

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: RE: [Leica] squabbling over digitial vs. film
From: "Wesson, Leo W" <LWWesson@pier1.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:19:24 -0500

I had the pleasure of meeting Ansel at a party at his house in the mid 70's. He told me that if he had to start over, he would probably be shooting video.

leo

> ----------
> From: 	bdcolen
> Reply To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Sent: 	Thursday, August 7, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: 	RE: [Leica] squabbling over digitial vs. film
> 
> I doubt very much at AA would be shooting digital at this point, other
> than to experiment. I have absolutely no doubt, however, that he would
> have long-ago abandoned the wet darkroom in favor of scanning his
> negatives and doing is darkroom work in Photoshop, where he would have
> far more control over his image output than can be obtained in the wet
> darkroom. I also have no doubt that there would be an extremely popular,
> successful, and stunningly effective line of Ansel Adams Photoshop
> plug-ins. :-)
> 
> 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
> Afterswift@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:00 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] squabbling over digitial vs. film
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/7/03 9:28:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:
> 
> > > Recall that even Ansel Adams predicted the
> >  > development and the growth of
> >  > the digital medium.  I am sure if he were around
> >  > today, he would embrace
> >  > it or at the least try to understand it to see if it
> >  > would work with his
> >  > style and type of photography.
> ------------------------------------------------
> I have no doubt that Ansel would have given digital a shot. Probably
> used the 
> digital back for the Hasselblad. I can only conjecture that after he had
> 
> given digital a fair chance (fully exploring digital's B&W potential in
> every 
> which way), he would have returned to his standard traditional darkroom
> work. 
> 
> Adams was a fine pianist, and I'm sure he gave electronic keyboards a
> try. I 
> doubt whether he performed on them.
> 
> br 
> --
> 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