Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film megabytes and some curious contradictions
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:14:58 -0500

on 31/10/00 9:23 am, Walter S Delesandri at walt@jove.acs.unt.edu wrote:

> Consider yourself lucky to be in the company of folks that give a SHIT about
> ANYTHING... at least they'll argue with you....I work in a school of
> photography...they don't even recognize a Leica....nor do they acknowledge
> f-stops and shutter speeds most of the time...They're "into" neither reportage
> nor the finest in photographic quality....they are into "-isms" and politics
> and "gender issues" yadayadayada ad naseum.......but they shoot with an EOS
> rebel on "P", and blame the "lab guy" if their film doesn't "come out">
> 
> THAT'S the "threat" to photography, film AND digital......

Very true. And very, very, very depressing.

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Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com