Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1 Rangefinder Magazine
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:33:11 -0400

Bloggers are journalists in a very loose sense of the word.
And for this photo gadget stuff its the same people reviewing the latest
computer peripherals. And one gets the impression that they do see a camera
as a peripheral. After all its just one more thing you suck the info into
your computer with your UBS connection.



On 6/28/13 6:41 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> Mark and Jim,
> 
> Here's the difference between what's on the web and what's in print: 
> anyone,
> and I mean anyone can put something on the web, review, comments, etc. do
> they preseent their qualifications to you in advance, or for that matter at
> the end? How can you tell if they are an out of work computer programmer or
> a junior high kid on break? You can't. You pay for a 
> magazine/book/newspaper
> to filter all the unqualified erroneous crap in advance. I am convinced
> there are those on the web, including at least one with a big website, that
> are related to the "French supermodel" on the TV commercial.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 5:00 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony RX1 Rangefinder Magazine
> 
> My only goal in life was to be able to pick up  a Pop Photography magazine
> and have some clue as to what their friendly columnists were talking about.
> Today I do. And am also in a position where I can intelligently actually
> disagree with a point or two. That's exciting! Also a few of these guys in
> the past years I've run into and hung out with. Its like having out with my
> movie starts.  "Hey Brad would like like another espresso?" "have you seen
> the last issue of Rangefinder Magazine/".
> 
> 
> On 6/28/13 4:53 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:
> 
>> Good reason why--who needs 'em anymore?
>> Want a review of the latest equipment?  Count the bloggers/writers who
>> post them for free.
>> Or go to your favorite discussion board and see what's new and exciting.
>> Want to see pictures of the latest gear? Free images abound on the web.
>> Want information faster than, say, once a month?  Again, the web.
>> 
>> Sure, they're fun while killing time at (one of the remaining, though
>> likely not for long) book superstores.  And it's nice to see some of our
>> friends, such as Tina, featured in one or another.
>> 
>> But otherwise, who cares?
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> -----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
>> Mark Rabiner
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 4:47 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony RX1 Rangefinder Magazine
>> 
>> The June 2013 Insight  Marketing issue of the paper Rangefinder Magazine
>> which I tend to look at over espressos at the Barnes and Noble caf? is out
>> with a shot on the cover of a fashion model type in a plane with a life
>> magazine on her lap and kerchief on her head. Highly styled. On very
>> glossy stock.
>> The very well printed cover was shot with the Sony  Rx1 full frame But
>> when you read the article inside you find most the shots of the shoot were
>> done with a typical current Nikon DSLR. And you get a side by side
>> comparison. Only its top to bottom on the page. They really seem to match
>> up psychologically human nature kind of thing we may be rooting for the
>> Sony.
>> Looking at the cover of the paper in hand printed copy one could easily
>> belive it was medium format digital or film. I may have...
>> Although the quality of the printing and paper is top notch we'd really
>> want to be seeing much larger prints to gee a real idea of what these
>> sensors are outputting. But this example is very real world.
>> Below I found the digital issue an urls.
>> But try to see in in the magazine rack.
>> I still read photo magazines.
>> Pretty much all of them
>> Pretty much cover to cover.
>> Pretty much since I was 12 in 1963.
>> You don't hear much about the photo magazines on the lists. Don't know
>> why.
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.rangefinderonline.com/features/profiles/June-2013-Insight-7572.
>> sh
>> tml
>> http://tinyurl.com/nudal96
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.rangefinderonline.com/index.shtml
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/28/13 11:20 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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