Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:51 AM 3/4/2009, Philip F wrote: >I was trying to get at the notion that if an enthusiastic person shows >up to the list, they shouldn't be "welcomed" with how bad it is here >and corrected with camera gear semantics. Nobody should really care if >it's a 3.5cm or 35mm lens, a 10.5cm or 105mmm lens. That's all >superfluous since in the end it's about the images. That is horse-pucky. Brian, our bar-keeper, thinks it is about the images but he overstates his case. It is essentially about the gear. If you feel differently, try taking a picture without a camera. The equipment shapes our photography. And precision rules photography. Do not scorn the distinction between 3.5cm and 35mm: that marked a shift in thought at Wetzlar, as they finally acknowledged their need to match the 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar of 1931. History rules, brother. I really ought to complete my book on the history of the Leica camera. Marc msmall at aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!