Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didn't we have the same reaction to built-in meters, auto-exposure, zoom-lenses, and auto-focus. 'Chrome-heads still look down their noses at negs. I still ain't sold on auto-focus;^) We don't change easily. Ric PS: Does talk about pictures here dry up every time major new equipment is released? On Mar 8, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > I hate to admit this but I am old enough to remember when exactly > the same argument was used about 35 mm cameras in photojournalism. > The film size was too small to stand much cropping. It was slow. > There was too much visual noise (grain). Small Leicas and Contaxes > would never be competitive with Rolleis and Speed Graphics. > Miniature cameras were only suitable for amateurs, not working > professionals, etc., etc. Sharpness and even flash lighting were > the order of the day, HCB and Capa were criticized for their blurry > and grainy images. Baseball pictures were taken with Graflex SLRs. > Who cared what the Europeans were doing? Real men carried big cameras.