Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobodan I guess I should have said Adams and Caponigro needed Polaroids like a hole in the head. The father and little brother of previsualization were not chimpers. Couple of years back about 7 of us old timers got together for a baseball game. Probably 200 years of combined experience as photo staffers at some pretty big dailies. We sat there and discussed the "chimper" from Japan covering his hometown Tokyo pitcher. How the heck can you get the darn image while hunting it in your little black box? :-) To each his own but if you don't know what you've gotten when you squeeze it off then maybe still life is your calling? I'd go for a Rapidwinder over a chimp screen any day. Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Jeesh, Walt! Which part didn't you get? > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> Do you really think Adams or Caponigro needed a Polaroid to tell >> them about the final product? The may well have needed a few bucks >> and promoted the product but other than that? >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >> >>> Well, it depends. Let's say you're covering an event, wedding, >>> conference, whatever. That means you'll have to do a number of set >>> pieces, usually anywhere from a just a few to more than a dozen. >>> By checking, as opposed to thinking that you might of gotten your >>> shots, you'll know if you have your shot or not. It allows for >>> much greater time management efficiency. >>> This was always a goal of the working photographer, enhanced >>> certitude. Don't think that Adams and Caponigro's work for >>> Polaroid was for just for taking home a pay check. What they did >>> at Polaroid allowed for another evolution in photography. That >>> peel apart material was not only the main stay of the commercial >>> photographic studio, indoor and outdoor, but also with the fine >>> art shooters. >>> In fine art photography, they didn't skip a beat, when they tied >>> up their view cameras to a laptop for scenic work from the very >>> beginning of the introduction of digital imaging products. >>> All for the specific point of a need to know at the time of the >>> imaging act itself. >>> >>> Slobodan Dimitrov >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 30, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: >>> >>>> As with most opinions about things photographic - no correct >>>> answer for all situations. There are times when checking your >>>> results makes more sense than not; and there are times when the >>>> photographer should focus their attention on photographing. To >>>> write off the availability of a technical check capability - or >>>> the possibility of knowing whether you achieved success in your >>>> goals makes little sense to me. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george@imagist.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 29, 2006, at 8:30 PM, David Keenan wrote: >>>> >>>>> I really do think chimping it is a goofy practice. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >