Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I'll let loose and try some D76 :) Daniel On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > Just as the change in technology from cuneiform > pressed into wet clay, to carved stone, to ink on > papyrus, then vellum, then cheap pressed wood-fibre -- > and now zapped in an instant as electrons to bluish > screens around the world -- popularized writing to the > point where today any halfwit can produce what appears > (from some distance) to be a worthwhile tome, so > photography is transformed by this digital revolution > we 2004 Leicaists mournfully witness. > > There are far more writers today than, say, in 1500 > B.C. when alphabetic writing was just catching on and > the technology cumbersome. There has been a > concomitant increase in the percentage of people who > write things others find worthwhile to read. Give a > jungle-full of monkeys a shitload of typewriters and > they'll eventually write something interesting, even > if it ain't Shakespeare, eh?. > > Making photos seems to be becoming less intimidating, > and involves less commitment, in this digital > revolution. No film to run out of -- so shoot away! > Got a lousy shot you want no one to ever see? > Button-press it on the spot, into oblivion. > > In time, perhaps a greater proportion of ordinary > folks will make better photos. But I wonder whether > the new technology really makes a big difference that > way for those of us who are committed shooters > already. We have our habits born in film and I'm not > certain that digital's luxuries will prove a boon to > us guerrilla baboons. > > Given that Leica in 1925 played a key role in getting > good cameras into the hands of the people, one can > only hope -- for the sake of traditional nostalgia, if > nothing else -- that Leica sticks around for the > digital ride. > > I still think stone carvers are cool, I only wish > there were more of them out there, not just at the > graveyard. > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >