[Leica] Brush strokes

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

 Jayanand,
I almost completely agree. In the 48 years that I have been married to my 
professional fine artist wife, and the dozen years that I have been an art 
critic for for NY and Connecticut newspapers, I can count on one hand the 
number of times that I heard an artist obsess about the brand of paint or 
brush used in making a painting. There are exceptions, of course. Water 
colorists still argue about the nature of the paper used and there used to 
be discussions about whether oil or acrylic paint was better. But by and 
large paintings are judged by their inherent interest, their use of color, 
by their novelty. and by the way the artist has chosen to reveal his or her 
private vision.


The LUG is an unusual forum in that it combines a venue for exhibiting 
photos, a sometimes well informed but often poorly informed podium for 
discussion technical issues, and a soapbox for opinionated proclamations of 
brand loyalty. I enjoy it. It is like a good pub conversation but it is only 
rarely an educational experience,


Tina should remember that a picture printed in a magazine has been 
rephotographed one or more times to make the printing plates and is subject 
to the inherent limitations of the rotogravure or letterpress process. 
Quality is lost at each step. A river doesn't rise higher than its source. 
Compare the magazine or book picture with a first generation original to see 
what I mean.?
Larry Z


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What is more important - the technical quality of a photograph or the
artistic merits? Most of this obsessing about lenses, sensor types, camera
bodies, etc are all about the former, because you can measure it. The
latter, though far more important, cannot be measured at all, so is
ignored!!!


In no other art form that I am aware of are the tools discussed ad nauseum,
and nobody discusses, or cares about, the end product at all. Even in
music, where tools are important, they are relegated to a distant second
place with respect to the actual performance/recording.


Cheers
Jayanand