Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You should have been there when I had a silver chrome M-4 around my neck and one of them asked "does that old camera really still work?"....what a hoot. Walt On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > ><snip> > > Also, I think as the digital age continues, there has been a > > resurgence in fine documentation (kinda as "art"?) in some smaller > > publication, at least in our area. Twice in the last year an > > "equipment burdened" young pro (25-30 yrs old) has come up to me > > and said something to the effect "I've been using my 35/50 > > more and more!"...one of them even wanted to buy a 50!....he's > > not owned one!!....I think as digital replaces film for the > > Sports, Wire, and major magazine photographers, we'll see more > > and more fine "essays" in "alternative" publications...seems to > > be the trend where I live....or am I being selfishly optimistic? > > > > Walt > ><snip> > I think you've hit the nail right on the head, Walt! It's those kids with the > vacume tubes again! And it's a fact of the present and a fact of the future. But > I think with the Death of David Garcia they should give up on that faux Hippy > chic though. Somebody should have given them hippy lessons. Not their Yuppie X > hippy parents who are out making a million *&^%$ing Dollars! > When I was starting out in the late '70's the radical thing was starting out > with a 35 instead of a 50, an OM1 instead of a Nikon. Being a teacher now > dealing with the plastic zooms would drive me to distraction. > Mark Rabiner >