Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 >From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Dr. Strangelens, or.... >Ed, you're right. I wish I had saved a few more. With a few exceptions most >of today's mags are pretty thin in technical areas. >Mike Durling >KD4KWB I keep a large archive of old photo magazines from the 50's, 60's, and 70's - - Pop Photo, Modern, U.S. Camera, Camera 35. I love the photos and tech articles from that era, but I am also impressed with the printing quality, especially in Popular Photography Magazine from the 1950's. Look at the deep blacks and lustrous whites; the color reproductions have such a wonderful, "heavy" look too. Today's publications seem so weak. I am thankful to Bob Schwalberg, Bill Pierce, Ed Meyers and all the others for giving me an education in photography. I think growing up with these articles and pictures sparked the need for me to use Leica rangefinders. I wasn't really happy until I got my M3. Alan Magayne-Roshak