Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't give up, do what I did. Stop using digital and appreciate the look of film (even if it means you have to scan it with a digital scanner). People still enjoy archery even though a gun is more accurate. And people still roll bowling balls at pins even though throwing a goat would knock down more pins. Get out a Leica M, a Rolleiflex TLR, and shoot some Tri-X. Get out of the funk! Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:16 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] I have given up I no longer take pictures. I am not at present equipped with a darkroom though I suspect that I shall be again within a six-month or so. I have no ability with digital and my efforts to learn from this group about digital have simply convinced me that I have no idea whjat anyone is talking about. I have a VERY basic digital P&S and I cannot make it work. My wife has a very basic digital P&S and can on rare occasion make it work. But neither of us can obtain any sort of regular success from digital, nor can either of us comprehend such software as Photoshop. (And, no, we are not computer jerks: my wife is a director of quality control for a major HMO and I have been dicking about with computers for twenty years and more.) What I am saying is that digital has juist absolutely sucked out of me any interest in photography. I would like to find a list where we could get back to figuring out the Leitz dingus which allowed a PLOOT to be fitted to a QUANGO. That's my place. I really do not belong on a Leica Users' Group and will probably soon retire from this province as I simply no longer wish to take pictures. Digital wins. I lose. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information