Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I already posted this little story a week or so ago. It seems to have some relevance here, too. "A photographer was invited to dinner and took along a few of his pictures to show the hostess. She looked at the photos and commented: "These are very good! You must have a very good camera." The photographer didn't make a comment. But as he was leaving to go home he said: "That was a really delicious meal! You must have some very good pots." From the same source - the bloke who used to stand behind the counter at my local camera store. An amateur photographer is always concerned about having the right camera. A professional photographer is always concerned about being paid the right fee. A master of the art of photography is always concerned about the light being right. Cheers Douglas On 28.09.2010 20:52, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote: > Hey, I don't know why people want to come on the LEICA list and trash > Leica by touting how many gizmos their new non-leica wizbang has. Even in > the face of SIDE BY SIDE TESTS that compare the genuine Leica to the Not > Leicas -- You can't have forgotten, they were done by a prominent camera > magazine, I reproduce them here: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/leica-vs-not-leica.jpg > > Many camera manufacturers believe that people without extraordinary taste > can tell the differences made up by small "cost saving measures" which > will add a little distortion here, a little soft focus there, a little > chromatic abbhoration -- they think that nobody but a leica user can tell. > and hey, maybe we ARE the only ones who can tell, maybe Sonny can live > with the little imperfections, the little light leaks, the little fuzzy > things, the little bowing to grandmas legs that wasn't there in real life, > the third eye cousin Bob has, the extra 10 lbs that cheap cameras add to > people. But to me -- there is only one truth -- IT'S EITHER TAKEN WITH A > LEICA, OR IT HASN'T BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED. > > > > > > On Sep 28, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> Kyle Cassidy would have you believe that his digital Leica is the >> Be-All-And-End-All of early digital photography. >> >> I'm not too sure when his Leica Digilux was crafted, but my Epson PhotoPC >> 600 was built in 1997 with a full 2.1 MEGA pixels. >> >> Remember, Epson was also the company that had the first digital >> Rangefinder >> . . . >> >> I pulled it out of the drawer today, and stuck two AA batteries in it, and >> Voila! It fired up! The date was set at 1999, so I guess that was when I >> last used it. >> >> I went out into the reading room and took a couple snaps, then came back >> and >> stuck the COMPACT FLASH card (yes, like a real camera uses) into my >> reader. >> >> >> Lightroom opened up, and I did a couple minor corrections, but nothing for >> noise or focus control. >> >> So here, Kyle, look and weep! >> >> http://sonc.com/look/?p=256 >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >