[Leica] Changing face of photoraphy

[drodgers7798 at comcast.net (drodgers7798@comcast.net)]

I was just following a Nikon D2X thread another list. I had the chance to 
test drive one yesterday. It is indeed an amazing camera. But..... I 
remember when we the LUG included hot debates on whether or not a Lieca M 
was worth the price (around $2K at the time).  $5K is a lot for a camera 
body. 

Lots of discussion on the above mentioned thread about file size, 
downloading time, etc. Getting so I can develop a roll of film faster than I 
can download files on a large CF card (up to 30 min).  Digital files add up. 
How can a person even manage terabytes of files? Who would want to? 

Bigger files demand more computing power.  (sorry to state the obvious! But 
I just upgraded my system to 4GB of ram and I wonder for how long that will 
be adequate.)  I sometimes struggle deciding which image to put effort into 
from a roll of 36.  3,600 on the same subject is overwhelming?  

Shooting with film is like shooting with a sniper rifle. I put in a decent 
amount of effort before each shot. I usually come close to a bullseye. 
Shooting digital is like using a submachine gun. I think I'm more effective 
as a sniper.  Or maybe I need to spend more time chimping and deleting. 

DaveR 


> Indeed they do, and sometimes get into problems when they don't pay 
> attention to 
> the
> details! I for a 
> commercial printer, and quite often we point out images that have been 
> flipped 
> where
> letters, numbers 
> and other details are obviously wrong! But designers do like to have a 
> flow to 
> their
> visual layout and 
> will take liberties.
> 
> Here is the image in question from the pottery barn.
> 
> http://ww2.potterybarn.com/cat/pip.cfm?src=shpcfurbeddrs%7Crshop%2Fshpcfurocc%7C
> rshop%
> 2Fthmafur%7Ccthmnft%7Cnshop%7Crgift%5Cfthm%2Fshpcfur%
> 7Crshop&pkey=cfurbeddrs&gids=p5048
> 
> 
> > Often editors prefer a shot reversed. An example is they may want a 
> > person
> > "looking into" the center of a magazine rather than out towards the edge 
> > of
> > the magazine. Product shot perspective, etc. I think it's an "artsy" 
> > thing
> > 
> > "Frank F. Farmer" wrote:
> > 
> > > I suppose you could.  But wouldn't that require and affirmative effort?
> > >   Not the sort of thing that would happen on accident.  I'm asking, I
> > > don't know.
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > > On Mar 3, 2005, at 12:03 PM, islaymalt wrote:
> > >
> > > > Couldn't you just flip a digital shot in photoshop?
> > 
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