Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29

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Subject: [Leica] LUG membership
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Oct 29 09:03:04 2006

Amen!

-------------- Original message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>: 
-------------- 


> If everybody would get off the silliness of constant comparison of 
> film/digital and realize that it's all photography merely recorded on a 
> different medium. 
> 
> AND!!! "The Essence of Photography" does not change because of one or the 
> other. 
> 
> One is only as good as the person holding the camera and understanding 
> Photoshop and or how to expertly work in the darkroom! 
> 
> Just get real everybody, if one likes film hey go for it and if one is 
> completely into digital do the same, simply because aren't we discussing 
> and 
> showing photographs? 
> 
> So we have a mish mash of cameras, lenses and vision why not just get it 
> through some folks heads both mediums are here for a very long time! After 
> all when the photographic process came on the scene some 150 or more years 
> ago it was predicted art painting would die! And? It never did and many 
> artists use photography to capture scenes so they can paint them at a more 
> appropriate time in their lives. 
> 
> The bottom line is .... everyone ended up gaining as we'll see years from 
> now when film , although in a limited quantity is still around for those 
> wishing to use it. 
> 
> I think it a travesty if this family were separated simply because the old 
> saying " United we stand, Divided we fall!" is quite appropriate in this 
> case! 
> 
> It's photography for crying out loud! Live with it and enjoy what one 
> person 
> does with digital and another person with film! 
> 
> ted 
> 
> 
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