Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim, > But too many get fixated on the tools and don't make good pictures. OK, but what does that have to do with anything I said? > Image > quality is no good to you if the image itself is garbage - > It > doesn't really > matter if the photograph is taken with a Phillips 8x10, a Leica a > Holga or a > Polaroid - if the picture is good it's good. OK, but again, so what? > Sharpness and image quality > often aren't that important Hum. I disagree. That may be true for some people, but for some people, it is paramount, and if someone has taken the time to use a 4x5 (a Leica, a Hasselblad, Zeiss lenses etc.), then, obviously, that is a concern of theirs, and may in fact be very important. Who are you to say what is and isn't important to someone? > - we just like to think they are (often to > justify the money time and effort we put into the "equipment"...) Well, no, I KNOW they are important. I use a tool for what it's made for. I use an SX-70, and get some great shots with it...but I can't make 30x40 prints from it. Perhaps what you say is true for you, but please, don't be so presumptuous to believe it applies to some vast amount of other people. > I've just been looking at a series of Polaroid SX70 pictures that > are better > than just about anything I've ever seen taken with Leica Glass - and > certainly in colour - by one of the best LF photographers. Well, obviously, that's quite subjective, so that really is a somewhat meaningless claim. > If it's good, it's good - doesn't matter what you use. Well, yes, sometimes it does. Because you don't understand that, doesn't mean what I say isn't true. > > I find the whole claim of not being able to "get" a particular > shot with a > > 4x5 and then being happy with a little P&S digicam image of the > > "same" shot > > really funny. > > Why - it just seems sensible... Sigh. You obviously live on a different plane than I do. Why on earth do you use Leicas then? Please, explain, of you are happy with an SX-70, and you think using a little P&S digicam is "sensible" for a shot that one would have previously though they needed 4x5 for? No-sense is what I'd call that. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html