Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I am officially becoming grumpy in middle age. > [Rant/on] Use of "capture" as a noun drives me batty. Makes it sound as if > the little photons are just scrambling about, wild and unordered, until > forced to live in a digital file. Or that you were lying in wait for them > to snuffle their way up to your clever trap. Bang. They are captured. > [Rant/off] > > There, I feel better now. > > Ben Marks > I also hate the new buzz word "capture". I envision a little furry cute animal caught in a trap. To me when I go "click" I've not made a "capture". I've started to make a photograph. I still like saying "I've made an exposure" which I've always thought and said and still applies. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner