Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] La joie de film
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Jan 15 11:02:52 2006
References: <BFEFBD92.2E2D%telyt@earthlink.net>

On Jan 15, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Douglas Herr wrote:

> on 1/15/06 7:00 AM, Douglas Nygren at dnygr@cshore.com wrote:
>
>> While many note the satisfaction of being able to quickly review what
>> they have taken with a digital camera, I'd like to note that there is
>> also a joy that comes when you develop your film and see what you've
>> got.
>
> Aside from this (and as John Collier mentioned, allowing some  
> emotional
> distance when editing) in my case being able to review the pix  
> immediately
> is largely irrelevant


and in general, all you can tell on the LCD... is roughly whether the  
camera was working, and were the settings more or less OK...

the difference between a truly great image and a so-so image  are not  
likely to be seen on the camera......Steve





> because with my subjects there's no second chance;  I
> can't ask the bird to turn its head just like it was a moment ago,  
> or to
> catch another mouse.  Either I hit the moment or the opportunity is  
> gone.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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