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Subject: [Leica] OT: Hasselbald XPAN II
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Fri Jan 13 13:59:10 2006
References: <BFED38AD.AC7A%bdcolen@comcast.net> <20060113173312.96700.qmail@web50113.mail.yahoo.com> <9b678e0601130953w2614c605r372cb7d3d19734d7@mail.gmail.com>

Could this help with your 2" screen ............... the bellows and  
magnifier!

B.


On 13-jan-2006, at 18:53, Don Dory wrote:

> Bob,
> There is an interesting curve based on the relationship of age and or
> computer failure to the number of prints made.  Older folks tend to  
> value
> pictures that can be shown even if they also do fairly  
> sophisticated slide
> shows with their digital images.  Also, for those whose hard drive has
> crashed or whose card has failed the number of prints made goes up
> exponentially.
>
> We do owe Kodak a deep debt for the years of marketing money they  
> put into
> valuing having pictures of memorable moments.
>
> Besides, I never could get much out of a 2" screen and when using a  
> slide I
> pretty much use a 10X loop.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 1/13/06, Bob Haight <rhaightjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Consumers shoot digital because of the instant
>> feedback and ease to upload to a computer.
>> Interesting, that the desire for  prints continues to
>> decline as folks are content just to email and save
>> images on their computers. Bob H.
>>
>> --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Suggesting that people are primarily shooting
>>> digital because of the 'herd'
>>> mentality, is a bit like suggesting that people gave
>>> up glass plates and
>>> moved on to film because of the 'herd' mentality.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/13/06 10:42 AM, "Luis Miguel Casta?eda"
>>> <lmc@interlink.es> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13/01/2006, at 15:06, Don Dory wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Luis,
>>>>> No, the herd mentality has set in.  [...]
>>>>> For the heavy shooter obviously the economics
>>> change pretty quickly.
>>>>
>>>> well, I was joking in part, but your comment
>>> pointed some interesting
>>>> facts.
>>>>
>>>> a) People don't want the best thing for them, they
>>> just want what
>>>> their neighbourg already has.
>>>> b) People don't ask caring your advice,  they only
>>> want to hear what
>>>> they are lusting for.
>>>> c) If you dont know what to say, say new.
>>>>
>>>> Recently I was shooting polaroid for fun. It was
>>> the spectra film,
>>>> well balancend color and quite sharp. Someone came
>>> around saying that
>>>> polaroids looked fine but they are very expensive.
>>> After a bit of
>>>> chat I  knew that he bought a $300 digicam (his
>>> second one), $100 on
>>>> gadgets, $200 on a little printer and upgraded his
>>> computer ($900) to
>>>> have it all working. He spent $1500 before the
>>> first shot but he was
>>>> pretending that he was shooting for free. I got my
>>> last polaroid for
>>>> $1 on a eb*y auction plus $8 for shipping, paid
>>> about $10 for film,
>>>> still $1481 on my pocket left to shot, so I will
>>> have nearly 1500
>>>> prints before getting where he was starting and
>>> without counting
>>>> paper etc for the printer. So we have to define
>>> what's expensive.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously this tale can be reversed easily, and it
>>> should be,
>>>> depending of needs. I wont shoot nothing else than
>>> digital if I was
>>>> working for daily media.
>>>>
>>>> About heavy shooters... the old myth/fact that
>>> said that as more you
>>>> shoot, you will become a better photog has settled
>>> well, but they
>>>> forget that when you can preview instantly what
>>> you're doing it does
>>>> not have sense to soot more. If there is no time
>>> to fix and
>>>> understand the how and why no matter how many
>>> shoots you make, unless
>>>> they have fun with it, nothing photographic in it.
>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Saludos
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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