Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 13 juin 12 ? 23:22, Steve Barbour a ?crit : > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> Once I had just been delivered a new 9.5-57 Angenieux zoom lens for >> our >> production camera, and a client hands me a pair of pantie hose. He >> wants >> me to put the over the lens to add a "dreamy quality" to the image. >> >> I explained that once the dream is there, it can't be undreamed. > > > > mathematically, that is called a dream squared, > > > Steve > > plus a photog scared ph > >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> Thinking about the MM, I find myself wondering why one would pay >>>> a $1000 >>>> premium for an already extremely expensive digital camera >>>> stripped of >>>> what, for me, is one of the greatest attractions of digital - the >>>> ability >>>> to think black and white, produce wonderful black and white >>>> images, but >>>> always have a color "negative." Shooting with a color sensor >>>> allows me to >>>> go back to my images years later and discover something that I >>>> thought >>>> should be a black and white image is, in fact, extraordinary in >>>> color. >>>> Yes, taking off the bayer filter allows for an otherworldly level >>>> of >>>> sharpness. But photography, for me at least, is not about etching >>>> with a >>>> razor blade, it's about catching moments that show us things >>>> about the >>>> human condition we see every day yet fail to see because they are >>>> so much >>>> a part of our lives. I don't care about being able to count the >>>> number of >>>> fibers in the thread holding a button onto someone's collar, I >>>> instead to >>>> see the joy, or pain, in their eyes. >>> >>> End of quite rant. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> NO ARCHIVE