Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, Good points, all. It wouldn't surprise me if over the past couple of years more images have been captured than in the previous history of the world combined. OTOH, negatives from this time period are few and far between. May not mean a thing someday...or it might. I'm covering myself in case it's the latter. After all I enjoy dabbling in darkroom chemistry and I already have the cameras and other equipment to do it. It's now the road less traveled. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard Taylor Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:40 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Where the Rolleiflex shines... I think you can have too many images. Value and appreciation go with scarcity. The family pictures I find most compelling are the few surviving oldest ones, from 1875 in my case. They let your imagination get to work much more than the larger quantity of snapshots from even 50 years ago. It's sort of like radio vs. TV drama, or listening to a symphony on a very poor speaker. Your imagination fills in the gaps and brings you closer to the event. Regards, Dick