Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:27 PM 5/27/05 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >I am with Luis on this one. I have never understood the attraction of >the likes of Lomo, Lensbaby, Holga etc. If someone needs to use inferior > equipment for economic reasons, that's one thing (and many great >images have been produced by people in this category). But deliberately >using what amounts to a Coke bottle bottom to make pictures and then >claiming it to be ART or whatever, well... > >Suffice it to say that the Lomo will not be missed here. Natehan I missed the reference to the original article. What precisely is happening? LOMO is a world player in precision scientific apparatus, especially in micrography, and it was LOMO who constructed and figured the mirror for the Soviet 236" (6m) reflector which so astonished the astronomical world four decades back. Cameras were a very minor part of the business of a really big optical comapany. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505