Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I think we are just in an adjustment phase right now, and when all the dust and controversy are done and over, the discussions will indeed go back to the traditional image characteristics. Also the Tilley hat and Malt Whiskey goodies will also prevail. While the imageing is easier today, it still takes talent and knowlege of what makes a good/above average image still is the defining factor for really good photography. I still wait for the day I post an image here that gets Teds attention and he does a critique on it, He'll probably tear it up, but I will learn from it. ;-) Of course, I need to post more often for this to happen. Gene -------------- Original message from "D Khong" <dankhong@gmail.com>: -------------- > Friends in the LUG > > >From the responses that I have read in this subject, it would appear that > the M8, apart from some issues related to battery availability and > uncertain > costs to keep the camera in "good working condition", serves well as an > image capturing tool. > > Obviously this is a camera that is meant to be used and not closeted, or > to > be looked at and fondled once in a while. Keeping its value is not an > issue > as the M8 is likely to be owned by leicaphiles who have no second thoughts > about putting it to its paces in order to achieve its purpose. Ultimately > it's the image captured that matters. > > In the back of my mind I often wonder if leica lens characteristics that > had > a certain signature when film was used is also visible when an image is > recorded in digital. We used to have colourful discussions about "bokeh" > of > various optics for example when we were not too distracted by Tilley hats > and single malt whiskeys. Sharpness, contrast and shadow details were > other > attributes that we often talk about when we discussed new lenses. I get > the > impression that it's now the megapixels that counts or for many folks the > only issue that matters. > > It must be difficult to be a professional in this day and age. Once upon a > time, if you did not know a bit about f-stops and shutter speeds, or had > bad > eyesight, you did not venture into photography. Automation put image > capturing into the hands of more people. Even then you had to know about > films and depended on the lab to produce the hard copies. Now its utopia. > An > average person with a functioning index finger (or thumb) can bring home > beautiful images that possibly outclass the best that even pros can > achieve. > Digital photography has an effect of a class equalizer similar to the way > education elevated people from poverty into middle class. I wonder often: > What do professionals now have to do to keep above the herd, to maintain > that cutting edge, to corner that market, so that the income keeps coming > in? > > Leically, > > Dan K. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information