Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, B. D. Colen wrote: > It's a bit like the subject of Summicron 50s....Oh well, for that matter > it's a bit like any question anyone could ask about Leicas and their > accessories. The only original questions one could ask on the list would > probably have to do with photography itself - why shoot? Because there isn't a choice. > why shoot what > we shoot? Because no one else can or did. > what's photography all about? Don't know. Living? > what advantages does using > Leicas offer? None. Possibly the fact that they're quiet (my most important criterium. I'm shy). > can one do equally good work with other camera brands? Of course. > What makes a good photograph good? Don't know. It touches me. > What differentiates good photography > from mediocre photography? I'm mediocre, I've seen a lot of others that are good. > What differentiates 'street photography' from > photography of people in the street? Etc. etc. etc. :-) Linguistics. One is a compound word, the other is a paraphrase. Oh well ... just thought I'd fire off some answers without really thinking. The questions are good.