Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Actually, I do care. At any time, you buy the best tools that fit your need, within your range of affordability. This rubbish about "Who cares" is misleading, as every top pro I know personally is very up to date with his equipment. The fact that they can take better photographs than I can with outdated equipment does not preclude the fact that they are, in effect, always kitted out in the latest and greatest. This fascination with outdated equipment, is, I am afraid, an obsession with amateurs and luddites. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 19-Jun-2012, at 1:22 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > George, > > Of course he cared about his tools. He chose them well and they served > him well. What I was talking about is this infernal pixel-peeping that > we see so much of on the LUG (and elsewhere) every day. Do you really > think HCB would really care if the Nikon 800E could resolve just a > whisker finer than the 800? Really? That's what I meant by WHO CARES. > OF COURSE we all choose the tools that we think are best for us. But > it's the picture that counts, not the camera or the lens. > > Jim Laird > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:50 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > wrote: >> >> On Jun 17, 2012, at 3:24 PM, James Laird wrote: >> >>> WHO CARES? >> >> The artists and craftsmen and women care. >> >> Art and craft objects evolve out of countless choices. >> Choices of tools and materials among them. >> Every painter I've known has cared about his tools and materials. >> Every sculptor I've known has cared about his tools and materials. >> Every musician I've known has cared about his tools and materials. >> Every writer I've known has cared about his tools and materials. >> Every photographer I've known has cared about his tools and materials. >> >> HCB (and every other great or not-so-great) >> chose his tools, film, location, composition, focus, and moments of >> exposure. >> They (we) choose our printers (whether humans or machines), >> papers, inks, developers, et al. >> Each choice is important, organic, fluid and subject to change; >> for aesthetic, conceptual, economic or other reasons. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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