Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 15, 2007, at 1:20 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: > No Ted, you are right. Content is the reason to take the photograph. > Technical discussions are still interesting for some. Quality > still matters of course, or we would all have 2MP camera phones. > That phone picture might please grandma but it won't satisfy the > photographer nor sell too many prints or books! I was trying to > stimulate a discussion that involved people saying what qualities > appeal to them and sharing pictures to show those qualities. Big > emphasis on the sharing pictures part ;-) Anyhoo I don't think I > have generated too much interest there so far! Back to scanning and > sharing from about 500 pics left from my visit to the EuroLUG > folk. I agree and so well put Hoppy... do I love my mint S' lux 50 ASPH ?...yes, is it a better 50 in all ways ?...no, do I prefer it to my S'lux 50 non ASPH ?...no, do I need it ?...no, am I ready to sell it ?...no, will I sell it next week ?...ahhhh maybe, if there is interest in SHOWING images bearing the particular attributes of differing leica lenses... and if we could arrange that, well, that might be interesting, :-) Steve > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work... > > Guys and gal. :-) > > > > About lenses and which did, does whatever, means diddly squat if you > have no > idea what the hell the light and moment of content is all about in > the first > place. > > > > Oh you get some kind of Leica 50 mystique one over the other 50 or > otherwise. But in the great realities of life they mean el zero when > it > comes down to the content and light! And or "is it a nice picture > with a > 50mm lens?" Or any other lens! > > > > All that really matters regardless of the good intentions of the > 50mm folks, > is what matters to the following... "The ordinary grand father, G-ma > or > father-mother! Will they love the picture?" > > > > And if you shot it with a $10,000 dollar whatever lens it wont > matter if > it's a Leica 50, a Panasonic whatever or Nikon coke bottle! Or any > other > derivate of the focal length! Basics count! > > > > The basic facts of life are.. "Does the family love it?" :-) If they > do you > have a winner of a picture!:-) > > > > Need I say more about a successful moment? :-) > > > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information