Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work...
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Nov 15 07:01:12 2007
References: <000d01c8272a$2454dc30$6401a8c0@asus930> <0JRI00GHGZXMK560@l-daemon> <000601c82760$528746c0$6401a8c0@asus930>

On Nov 15, 2007, at 1:20 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> No Ted, you are right. Content is the reason to take the photograph.  
> Technical discussions are still interesting for some. Quality
> still matters of course, or we would all have 2MP camera phones.  
> That phone picture might please grandma but it won't satisfy the
> photographer nor sell too many prints or books! I was trying to  
> stimulate a discussion that involved people saying what qualities
> appeal to them and sharing pictures to show those qualities. Big  
> emphasis on the sharing pictures part ;-) Anyhoo I don't think I
> have generated too much interest there so far! Back to scanning and  
> sharing from about 500 pics left from my visit to the EuroLUG
> folk.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work...
>
> Guys and gal. :-)
>
>
>
> About lenses and which did, does whatever, means diddly squat if you  
> have no
> idea what the hell the light and moment of content is all about in  
> the first
> place.
>
>
>
> Oh you get some kind of Leica 50 mystique one over the other 50 or
> otherwise. But in the great realities of life they mean el zero when  
> it
> comes down to the content and light! And or "is it a nice picture  
> with a
> 50mm lens?" Or any other lens!
>
>
>
> All that really matters regardless of the good intentions of the  
> 50mm folks,
> is what matters to the following... "The ordinary grand father, G-ma  
> or
> father-mother! Will they love the picture?"
>
>
>
> And if you shot it with a $10,000 dollar whatever lens it wont  
> matter if
> it's a Leica 50, a Panasonic whatever or Nikon coke bottle! Or any  
> other
> derivate of the focal length! Basics count!
>
>
>
> The basic facts of life are.. "Does the family love it?" :-) If they  
> do you
> have a winner of a picture!:-)
>
>
>
> Need I say more about a successful moment? :-)
>
>
>
> ted
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work...)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work...)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG Iona and grandpa Fitzgerald work...)