Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I, myself, am a Venti cappuccino male-gendered person. Although if I eschew Starbucks and go three doors down to Pete's, I am a large cappuccino kinda guy..:-) B. D. Martin Howard wrote: > Johnny Deadman jotted down the following: > > >> 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. > > Nonsense: very, very good. Let them sit around in dark Art Deco cafes in > their designer labels, with their Grande Lattes and speak in five-syllable > words. More film for us, more Leicas for us, less competition for us. > Unless, of course, you also happen to like Grande Lattes... > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | If you have to drink and drive, make > email: howard.390@osu.edu | it a latte... > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------