Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, My point, exactly. I believe it's important to understand the roots or basics of any avocation. I think people who jump right into digital photography miss out (It's a shortcut that leads to mediocrity). I found Nathan's comments refreshing. DaveR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Welch" <eric@jphotog.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop > If you believe that, you have missed all the anti-technology arguments > over the past three decades in photography. Or you weren't listening. > > Or have you figured out that with film it's more than using Matrix > metering and autofocus? > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > Never miss a good chance to shut up. - Will Rogers. > On Feb 1, 2004, at 1:42 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > > > Nathan, > > > > When you think about it, what's to learn about digital photography? You > > point. You shoot. You plug camera into a computer. You print (or > > upload to > > the internet). And I think they're working on eliminating the computer > > step. > > > > I can buy an electronic keyboard, peruse a manual, and crank out music > > in a > > relatively short time. Who needs all those years of piano lessons? > > > > Problem is, every song sounds the same. > > > > Dave > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop > > > > > >> No doubt. Although... > >> > >> I have a good friend who teaches photography at an arts college in > >> Denmark. For his own work, he is now doing largely digital. When I > >> visited him at Christmas, I asked him if the school still had its > >> darkroom with several Jobos and enlargers. Much to my surprise he said > >> yes--it appears that the people who come to his courses want to learn > >> the craft of traditional photography and not digital. > >> > >> So at least as a niche product, film will survive. > >> > >> Nathan > >> > > -- > > 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