Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Mar 24, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: You don't have to take notes anymore with the Leica M-9. The camera does it for you. There must be a reason. *** the same reason we have weathermen in places it never rains... Years ago Leitz made ads saying; "Leitz heist precision". Or the name of Leitz is precision. Regards Cedric 2013/3/24 <tedgrant at shaw.ca>: > Nathan Wajsman OFFERED: > Subject: [Leica] Technical detail--why? > > > >> Someone, I think Cedric, commented on Jean-Michel's pictures today, asking >> for technical details. That got me thinking--back when I first took up >> photography in 1985, I religiously noted lens, exposure etc. in a >> notebook. >> I still have that notebook. The only thing is, the I have never actually >> used the information noted therein. Nowadays, I do not care about the >> technical details, indeed, when I post my weekly pictures, I don't even >> mention the equipment used. What's the point? Either the photo is good or >> it >> isn't. Whether I used my 4x5 or my iPhone should not influence the >> viewer's >> evaluation. >> >> Technical details are useless at best, and harmful at worst.<<<<<<< > > > Hi Nathan, > Keeping details as I have heard many many photogs do over the years. I have > always asked.... "why do you do that?" The usual reply is great if one is a > techie instead of a photographer first. "Just in case I need it to take a > similar picture." Or, "so I will know what lens or film I used." As though > they're going to shoot the same scene same place 5 years later. > > The logical time anything technical needs to be "remembered" is there is a > specific action seen in the photograph." Blurred background in a foot race > or race cars and one wants to illustrate the high speed.... Whether you > write it down or not doesn't matter as all you need to know is to use a > slow > shutter speed and pan camera as fast as the cars or athletes are moving. > > It's called.... "Shooting swishy-pans" And I've done that since my first > Summer Olympics in Mexico 1968? Sure makes high school kids in a race look > like they're going 100 miles an hour. > > Like you, in my very early days I asked a photographer about keeping > records > as it appeared every frame he shot he wrote it into a "little black book" > full of numbers, lens size, film, ASA rating etc etec. So I thought, "Gee > if > he's doing that I better do it as it must be very important because he > writes it down after every picture taken." > > Bought a little black book, dated the page, location, camera (Leica of > course,) lens, aperture and shutter speed. ) As I closed the book after an > entry a super neat stock-car crash had begun to happen! In the confusion of > writing down the stupid information I missed a particularly amazing crash > of > two cars rolling over and over! > > I bent down, picked up the little black book and threw it as far as I could > into the race track infield and never ever ever made any notes again! But > the techies love it! In reality it's nothing but an incredible waste of > time for real photographers who take pictures to capture incredible content > moments! > > I DON'T CARE WHO THE HELL THE PHOTOG IS, THERE IS ONLY ONE THING YOU NEED > TO > DO ! > > and that is shoot succesful, interesting and on occaision....... mind > blowing photographs. > > WHAT LENS? HELL TELL ANYONE ASKING, ANY OLD NUMBER AS IT WONT MAKE ANY > DIFFERENCE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WONT OWN, NOR RUSH OUT AND POP $3 or $4 > THOUSAND FOR THE LENS IN ANY EVENT. > > And even if they did the chancs are they'd be so busy making notes they'd > miss the shot with their new $4k shining new lens. > > But then what doesn't turn my heart into a racing vehicle of excitment > having written it in the little black book. Turns the techie into a > fireball > of wisdom because they have it written down for the next occaision 25 years > from now when they need the information. > > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information