Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information