Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] question...
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jun 8 07:56:57 2006

In a message dated 6/8/2006 9:43:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
kididdoc@cox.net writes:
actually I wonder who said this ""  ""   Don ?

"There is a Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing
combination of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras  and  
praise for the lousy photos."


thanks, Steve
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It was on the photo forum at  Nabble


Re: The death of photo industry - Was Pentax are seeing the  light   
by Jeff Spirer 2006-05-29 13:06 :: Reply | Show Only this  Message :: Rate 
this Message:     
At 10:37 AM 5/29/2006,  Qkano wrote: 

>And professional photgraphers too. 
>Now anyone,  even a monkey, can buy a digital camera and produce images 
>better than  were ever possible with film. 

If that's true, it's a good thing.   The history of photography is its 
place as a democratizing art - Kodak  recognized this with the 
original box camera, roll film took a huge leap  forward, and minilabs 
took it as far as it could before digital.   Digital is just another 
step in the process rather than some disconnect.  

>BTW: this is meant seriously, I'm becoming more and more aghast at  
>images I'm shown as "great" - even in company advertising brochures -  
>which most here would consign to the bin. The people praising them  
>really do seem to believe they are great.  There must be something  
>deeply human ... 

Very true, but disconnected from the  technology, except the 
technology available to see so much more than  before.  There is a 
Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing combination 
of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras and  praise for the 
lousy photos. 


Jeff Spirer 
Photos:  http://www.spirer.com 
One People: http://www.onepeople.com/  



Regards, 
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches,  Louisiana
Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
 


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