Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the people who care would be the people who are involved in the thread. And the people who don't care are the people who are not involved in the thread. I suppose if I had nothing better to do in my spare time I could delve into the many threads which have not grabbed my attention on the list which is the majority of them which is quite natural and normal.. Slam the people who are all talking out it for talking about something I find irrelevant. But that would be the definition of rudeness wouldn't it? - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:52:57 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How > about this one? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information