[Leica] The myths of crop factor AND LIFE! :-)

[boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein)]

Ted, you learned by experience things that other people learned first by
reading about them.  As long as you know what to do when you see a "Geez,
look at that!" moment, either way works.
--Peter

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> George Lottermoser OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The myths of crop factor
>
> >>> Here's the thing Ted,
>
> I love the aesthetics of photographic Art.
> I love the power of the Best photo journalism.
> I love Nathan's Travel Logs.
> I love the technical side of darkroom techniques;
> including the graduated cylinders, beakers, and balances.
> I love the Zone System and all that it taught me about densitometry and
> light.
> I love all the quirky personalities throughout the history of photography;
> whether photographers, printers, critics, curators, biographers, or.
> I love the digi-techie-ness of sensor size and technology;
> of software and hardware and how it may help me achieve my personal
> visions.
>
> So at various levels
> when you ask, "Who the hell cares????"
>
> I do. up to a point
>
> And of course I love you. too.<<<<<<<<<<<
> =======================================================
> Hi George,
> You good Sir, are too kind! :-)
>
> I well understand different strokes for different folks. Maybe what drives
> me up the wall with so much techie stuff is the same bit of information or
> challenges back and forth day after day repeated and repeated over and
> over!
> But without a valid photograph illustrating what the subject topic does?
>
> After all we are visual folks. If a member makes a comment about some
> cropping gizmo or effect??????? Don't tell me! "SHOW ME AND I WILL LEARN!"
> Tell me and I wont learn but a greater amount of confusion!  WHY?
>
> Well I've never been very big about the technical sides of photography and
> reading about all "THE STUFF?" Certainly not as understanding as so many of
> you lads & Ladies. Maybe my short time at high school where the MOTTO was
> "We Learn by doing!"  Well that's the translation from  Latin.
>
> So we learned MANY many things by doing it. NOT READING ADINFINITUM stuff
> in
> books!
>
> I learned my photography by doing it or looking at photos of others. And
> without question "BY DOING IT FOR 65 YEARS!" And that's day after day
> almost
> the whole time. "JUST DOING IT!!" I loved it beyond ones wildest
> imagination! There ISN'T any life like it where you went all over the world
> on assignments and were paid to do it! Man it doesn't get any better than
> that.
>
> I could never understand why we had to read about other countries when the
> country may only be several hours flying time and we would be at the real
> country and not reading about it? Of course as we mature and learn real
> life
> events, we learn you just don't hop on a plane and visit the "REAL
> COUNTRY!"
>
>
> Maybe this note will have some of the CREW understand why I "BLAST OFF" at
> times regarding the technical side. What I find interesting is how much I
> don't know about the varied parts of photography and have made it as far as
> I have? Without the knowledge you folks have in details of cameras and
> photography itself.
>
> ME? Put roll of film in camera, take pictures of things that caught my eye!
> "CLICK!" Advance film!
> Was there anything else I needed to know??? And my life went on like a
> story
> book! Which some of you have read! :-)
>
> cheers to all!
> Dr. ted :-)
>
>
>
>
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