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Subject: Re: [Leica] Is It "analog" or Is It Digital? Drifting OT at tad
From: "Jean-Michel Tomaschett" <jx@bluewin.ch>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 02:39:47 +0200
References: <000f01c35bb0$9e8f9ed0$210110ac@DJPFL111>

"analog recorded audio" has nothing to do with what Beethoven had in mind
when he wrote his music, perhaps you missed one step in the process...
...and it has to do with Leica photography. A photograph is, or should be a
"record" of reality, isnt'it?

Jean-Michel



- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Moss" <chmphoto@sbcglobal.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Is It "analog" or Is It Digital? Drifting OT at tad


> Err -- photons are not analog, really. Neither is film, really (consider
> grain). Analog is just an approximation to the source -- i.e. reality -- 
but
> I have absolutely no idea what reality is, in reality :-)
> All reproductions of reality that try to convey an emotion or a message
(aka
> "art") are merely conventional reproductions of "reality". The conventions
> vary by society and culture. There is no one right way (except mine, of
> course).
> Do you think that "analog recorded audio" reproduces the sound that
> Beethoven, e.g., had in mind when he wrote his music -- using an
essentially
> digital notation?
> What this has to do with Leica photography, I have no idea.
> -- 
> Clive
> http://clive.moss.net
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
> > Jean-Michel Tomaschett
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:14 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Is It "analog" or Is It Digital?
> >
> >
> > Picture or music, the source is always analog.
>
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