Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with you entirely, Bill. I see digital as just a new form of "film," a new material on which to snag the image. There is an added bit of excitement, satisfaction, in being able to review the images immediately, and either keep shooting, or say "Got it!" But saying "Got it!" has its dangers, as well as its advantages. Because there will be many situations in which photographers will miss truly important, meaningful shots because they will already have said "Got it!" and walked away. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bill Harting Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:01 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] The new digital reality - Yes, i had a parallel observation to BD's: how exciting it is to be doing cutting edge photography, how it must have been for Capa and his colleagues, breaking new ground, taking pictures that could not previously be taken with faster lenses and smaller equipment. the evolution of photography was inevitable and made inevitable by the kinds of results Capa and others achieved, a new capability of seeing, of immediacy, of being there. the face of the frightened soldier on the beach at Normandy would never have been seen if not for the kind of technology that permitted Capa to slog ashore with the troops, the achievement of that photo eclipsed whatever shortcomings there may have been in technical perfection. today the pictures have been taken, digital is adding speed but not, I think, capability or vision, and if we're working for a living taking pictures we more than likely will be doing it digitally; the need to get pictures to an editor in another hemisphere in a hour is not driven by the photographer's own urgencies or preferences, but by the editor's expectations. can you do it? if you can't we'll find someone else. the excitement of digital, if there is any, has to come from somewhere else. bh - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html