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

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Subject: [Leica] question...
From: allen.graves at charter.net (allen.graves@charter.net)
Date: Thu Jun 8 08:18:37 2006

After looking at his web page, Mr. JS certainly seems eminently qualified to 
comment on "lousy" -or at least undistinguished- photographs. He seems to be 
a master of the genre. Perhaps he excuses this by thinking that they would 
be better if he had a more expensive camera. <grin>

Allen


---- SonC@aol.com wrote: 
> 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
> -------------------
> 
> 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
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> 
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