Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/19

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Subject: [Leica] So most rumours came true?
From: s_gregory1 at me.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:39:58 -0400
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Ted as usual you bring the discussion back to really what's important. Being 
there and having a good eye. 

Scott

On 2012-09-19, at 3:11 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> Hi CREW,
> With all this new stuff you lads are talking about and explaining how 
> wonderful it will be using a Leica??????
> 
> I'm really surprised how any of us ever got decent photographs this past 
> 60 years?  I suppose, HCB, DDD and many many others of us were extremely 
> lucky we ever got anything in proper focus without peeking? And our 
> photographs are still revered today.
> 
> At one time it was offered, "if you gave 100 monkeys in a situation each a 
> camera, some "might take or make some interesting images?" Now with all 
> this new whiz bang stuff most of us can't afford the camera in any event! 
> It wont require a 100 monkeys to take, maybe? A few interesting 
> photographs? Or one? Because the instrument in hand, it seems, will only 
> take one monkey with lots of money to buy one and the camera will be 
> taking perfect pictures with out even knowing what's happening! Well maybe 
> peeking??????? Peaking???
> 
> As in many earlier announcements about improvements etc.? Why not SAVE 
> some of the comments until at least a couple hundred? machines are in the 
> hands of everyday folks like ourselves to find out if all these dinky toy 
> improvements actually give you better "CONTENT PHOTOGRAPHS?" Remember 
> folks that is what photography is supposed to be all about!  "THE IMAGE 
> CONTENT CAPTURED!" By the machine in our hands and and what "WE SEE!" Not 
> the camera guts!!!
> 
> Just wondering in my usual state of confusion after being a photographer 
> who "took the picture because it was what I saw in the viewfinder and 
> little white lines?" CLICK!  Neat photo without a thought about what was 
> inside the camera other than? "I did put film in it? Didn't I?"  Just 
> wondering?
> 
> Your endearing thoughts most welcome. :-)
> cheers,
> 
> Dr. ted :-)
> 
> 
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