Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Of course he cared about his tools. He chose them well and they served him well. What I was talking about is this infernal pixel-peeping that we see so much of on the LUG (and elsewhere) every day. Do you really think HCB would really care if the Nikon 800E could resolve just a whisker finer than the 800? Really? That's what I meant by WHO CARES. OF COURSE we all choose the tools that we think are best for us. But it's the picture that counts, not the camera or the lens. Jim Laird On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:50 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2012, at 3:24 PM, James Laird wrote: > >> WHO CARES? > > The artists and craftsmen and women care. > > Art and craft objects evolve out of countless choices. > Choices of tools and materials among them. > Every painter I've known has cared about his tools and materials. > Every sculptor I've known has cared about his tools and materials. > Every musician I've known has cared about his tools and materials. > Every writer I've known has cared about his tools and materials. > Every photographer I've known has cared about his tools and materials. > > HCB (and every other great or not-so-great) > chose his tools, film, location, composition, focus, and moments of > exposure. > They (we) choose our printers (whether humans or machines), > papers, inks, developers, et al. > Each choice is important, organic, fluid and subject to change; > for aesthetic, conceptual, economic or other reasons. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information