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Subject: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 160?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Oct 20 23:17:22 2008

Clayton you need to be a political speech writer.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com>
> Organization: Freelance Photojournalist
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:28:36 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 
> 160?
> 
> Quoth the Geoff Hopkinson :
> 
>> Clayton, that's an interesting anecdote, but I'm not sure it is
>> applicable here. Experimenting with outdated pro film doesn't seem to have
>> any
>> upside.
> 
> Geoff, 
> 
> That's only true if you're both absolutely certain that your
> imagination and technical skills are capable of planning and
> executing the best possible image in any circumstance, AND if you're
> correct in that certainty, such that nothing unexpected could ever
> benefit you.  
> 
> Fortunately for me, I am absolutely certain I will never reach that
> level; my problem is that from time to time I drift into acting, and
> shooting, as though I have.  (Usually at that point my own work
> starts to bore me.)
> 
>> Every other outcome is worse.
> 
> May you never lose that kind of certainty.
> 
> And may I never live long enough to have it.
> 
> Each to his own.  Go shoot.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 160?)