Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I disagree, any more than jumping into silver-based film hardly suffers from a lack of knowledge of how Albumen or Daguerrotypes work. What is more important is that people understand the history of photography in terms of images, not processes. A slavish obsession with the latter is more likely to yield mediocre work than the former, although in some cases, there's no hope either way. Eric Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "Clichés are like analogies. At the end of the day, you're just beating a dead horse" On Feb 1, 2004, at 9:43 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > Eric, > > My point, exactly. I believe it's important to understand the roots or > basics of any avocation. I think people who jump right into digital > photography miss out (It's a shortcut that leads to mediocrity). I > found > Nathan's comments refreshing. > > DaveR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Welch" <eric@jphotog.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 8:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop > > >> 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 >> > -- > 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