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

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Subject: [Leica] question...
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu Jun 8 14:11:43 2006

That's what threw me...he's needlessly ascerbic, yet he's *not* on this 
list. ;-)
--
Jeffery

---- Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: 
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
> I kinda like his work. But it's certainly not better than what is  shown 
> on this list.
> ------------------------
> I agree.  Not a bad collection of pics at all.  He hangs out on
> photo.net, where he's often needlessly ascerbic....
> 
> But then, he wouldn't be the first photog with a chip on his
> shoulder and with some odd axe to grind, would he :-)
> 
> Leica's pricing seems to get many folk's panties all in a bunch.
> While probably none or at least few *like* their high prices,
> it seems to throw a few photogs into bizarre fits.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Op 8-jun-06, om 17:18 heeft <allen.graves@charter.net> het volgende  
> > geschreven:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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