Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information