Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/9/04 10:57 PM, Scott McLoughlin at scott@adrenaline.com wrote: > ... I want some good tools. I also > want tools that won't change much over time. After all, > I want to master a medium, not continually chase an > upgrade path. on 8/9/04 11:31 PM, Jesse Hellman at hellman@comcast.net wrote: >> But for my more private, inner ambitions, I >> seek a medium that will change little over time. > > What a great post. Could it be generally true that the artistic mind > requires a certain degree of stability in order to be able to be free to > create, rather than to master technology? Seems reasonable, but what > degree is that? So the question becomes "when does > 'ever-increasing-technological-advance' leave behind the ability of the > artist to master it?" > > What if the violin had been greatly improved every month? > Or the piano? > Or the baseball? > Or paints? > Or the guitar? > > Artistic tools were generally improved by artists, but now technology is > running fast ahead. So when do the improvements of the scientists > outstrip the learning curve of the artists? > > Has this already happened? > > Jesse These posts struck a chord with me. Thanks to both/all. Whether I'm an artist or artiste or neither, I want a tool that doesn't require a phone-book-sized manual. Menus, modes, motors and automation aren't nessesary to see images and in fact distract me from seeing. I want the simplest tool that will do the job. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com