[Leica] Cameras and TV

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Phreak,
 
>>I am not willing to pay fifty bucks a month ( or more ) for cable and
the networks have so little of value.  I am not regretting that I pulled
the plug on the boob tube twenty years ago.......<<

Perhaps if you tried to, as you put it "master new technologies", you
would realize that TV is more than just "cable and networks". Surprise!
You can even pick up PBS OTA (over the air). Picture quality is
incredible. Content is quite amazing, and free. Then there's the whole
world of videography, the technologies of which are closely aligned to
that idiotic boob tube. It's probably useless for me to observe how
camera angles are used, and all those other things like framing, close
ups, piecing together scenes, and such. I know all those network
cameramen, writers, directors, etc. are idiots and don't have any
creative merit! They probably made it to the big leagues because their
uncle was one of those nefarious network moguls. And studying those
silly and useless commercials is a complete waste of time. After all,
they have absolutely no impact on society and say nothing about people
and persuasive tactics. 

Not to belabor the point, because, shucks, all is vanity and striving
after the wind, but who needs to understand new technologies like
codec's and video compression algorithms? I'm sure an understanding of
things like the differences between PAL, SEACAM and NTSC are folly. And
programs like Premiere and Final Cut are so simple a cave man could use
them. You probably think putting together quality DVD -- complete with
raster imaging -- or streaming video on the web is as simple as picking
up a video camera from Best Buy. Just like real photography requires
nothing more than picking up a P&S. But, hey, the video and the boob
tube are insignificant to society. They are meaningless and have no
future. 

I'm happy to hear you're saving $50 bucks a month. 

DaveR