Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe some semantics? Having talked a little with the senior engineers there and beta tested their firmware I can confirm that there is a LOT happening to produce the results you see. Respect what the camera produces from even lenses designed 50 year before the camera was thought of ;-) Cheers Geoff *Lighting- eyes- action* On 13 October 2011 23:05, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > The microlenses and software corrections were established technologies > when Leica were saying it was impossible to make a digital M - they > just hadn't put the two ideas together in their heads. They also > thought they could hang in with film and would be okay, but they were > wrong. It was the same when Ernst Leitz said that the rangefinder > would prevail over the SLR. Many, many other companies have done it > and not survived - Leica have been fortunate, luckily for us. > > It's a long way from "nearly impossible". > > Marty > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Jim. I don't want to derail the thread you are in. > > But let me tell you that was and is nearly true. > > There is a LOT done in the camera with every file from the M9 even in the > > raw files. There is a BIG lot done on anything from wide lenses. > > Only the idea of different angles on micro-lenses towards the edges made > > this possible at all and it is still at the ragged edge. > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > > > *Lighting- eyes- action* > > > > > > > > On 13 October 2011 22:51, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I have so many memories of Sal, one of which was his lengthy explanation > >> (delivered from top brass at Leica) on why there could never be a > digital > >> M. Evidently the physics of the camera made a digital version utterly > >> impossible. > >> > >> J > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On > >> Behalf > Of > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:54 PM > >> To: Leica Users Group > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Culmination of Sal DiMarco research > >> > >> Well done, Phil! > >> > >> FWIW, this may be a good time to remind of my little Sal memento that > has > >> been on my web site since 2004: > >> > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com/sal.html > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 5:28 , Phil Forrest wrote: > >> > >> > For my final act as an undergrad at Temple University I'm putting on a > >> > public show of Sal DiMarco's work with the "Philadelphia Evening > >> > & Sunday Bulletin" as well as what little of his personal work I will > >> > be able to work through. > >> > Dr. Ed Trayes, the director of the photography sequence as well as the > >> > sponsor for my independent study was a friend of Sal's as well and is > >> > looking forward to his work being shown and installed at the school. > >> > The date of this exhibit is TBD but tentatively will be held in > >> > mid-December. There is a chance that I will host it in late January or > >> > early February of next year. > >> > I never got the chance to meet Sal but just looking at the Urban > >> > Archives collection in the Paley Library at Temple, his work pervades > >> > Philadelphia history from the early 70's on. > >> > Of course, every LUG member is invited. One aspect of this project is > a > >> > multimedia record and presentation of what Sal's friends and family > wish > >> > to say about him and his work. > >> > I've learned recently that there are 40 boxes of Sal's personal > >> > negatives which are largely uncatalogued and not archived digitally or > >> > in print at all. The custodian of the Urban Archives, which holds > >> > this personal work said that it was on long-term loan from Sal's > >> > brother Joe for use by Temple students. The show is also an aim to get > >> > this personal work archived for future use. > >> > This is a giant project that I could work on for easily 5 more years > >> > but its time has come. > >> > > >> > Here is my letter to the journalism chair and faculty: > >> > > >> > Throughout his life, Salvatore "Sal" C. DiMarco Jr. was a > >> Philadelphia photographer. He worked for the "Philadelphia Evening & > >> Sunday Bulletin" from 1967 when he began there until the day it closed > in > >> 1982. His tenure at the "Bulletin" saw him move up the ranks from intern > >> all the way to chief photographer. The photographic vision of DiMarco > >> during those 15 years helped to shape the visual record of Philadelphia > as > >> we know it. After the "Bulletin" closed in 1982 DiMarco worked full-time > >> as a freelance photojournalist. He contributed to TIME magazine, was a > >> photographer with the Black Star photo agency, was a member of the White > >> House News Photographers Association in addition to several professional > >> journalism organizations. > >> > DiMarco died suddenly on June 11, 2004 at the age of 57, leaving > >> behind an immense photographic collection of professional and personal > >> images, many of the Philadelphia area. The photographic record which > >> Temple University holds in the Urban Archives is invaluable and the > >> contribution which DiMarco made during his time at the "Bulletin" cannot > >> be overlooked. > >> > I intend to bring light to the work of this Temple alum and very > >> important member of the Philadelphia journalism community through a > >> memorial show of his work with the "Bulletin" and permanently displaying > >> some of his photos with stories throughout the School of Communication > and > >> Theater as well as in the Urban Archives themselves. > >> > Further, I hope this memorial show and installation will help me > >> in my effort towards getting 40 large boxes of DiMarco's personal > >> negatives archived for future use by Temple students and researchers in > >> the Philadelphia region. > >> > > >> > Respectfully, > >> > Philip Forrest > >> > Temple Photojournalism Class of 2012" > >> > > >> > Again, I will be updating the LUG on the date when this event will be > >> > held and where the images will be displayed permanently. > >> > I look forward to possibly meeting more of the LUG for this show and > >> > prominently bringing Sal's very important photographic work in Philly > >> > to the students in the journalism school as well as the whole > >> > University. > >> > > >> > Thanks all, > >> > Phil Forrest > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> > >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > >> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >