Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you believe that, you have missed all the anti-technology arguments over the past three decades in photography. Or you weren't listening. Or have you figured out that with film it's more than using Matrix metering and autofocus? Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com Never miss a good chance to shut up. - Will Rogers. On Feb 1, 2004, at 1:42 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > Nathan, > > When you think about it, what's to learn about digital photography? You > point. You shoot. You plug camera into a computer. You print (or > upload to > the internet). And I think they're working on eliminating the computer > step. > > I can buy an electronic keyboard, peruse a manual, and crank out music > in a > relatively short time. Who needs all those years of piano lessons? > > Problem is, every song sounds the same. > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop > > >> No doubt. Although... >> >> I have a good friend who teaches photography at an arts college in >> Denmark. For his own work, he is now doing largely digital. When I >> visited him at Christmas, I asked him if the school still had its >> darkroom with several Jobos and enlargers. Much to my surprise he said >> yes--it appears that the people who come to his courses want to learn >> the craft of traditional photography and not digital. >> >> So at least as a niche product, film will survive. >> >> Nathan >> > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html