[LRflex] Re: An Erwin Puts Quote
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:55:18 -0700
On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> Hi Group,
> just wanted to post a paragraph I found on Erwin Puts website
> (http://www.imx.nl/photo/index.html), specifically in a blog post discussing
> 'choices'.
> "If Leica photographers would use only a fraction of their time they now
> spend on the internet discussing things Leica, for taking pictures in
> whatever way they seem fit, the quality of Leica imagery would explode.
> Taking and consuming Leica pictures is more satisfying than talking
> about Leica cameras. Leica cameras are not perfect. There never were."
> One of the things I love about this 'List' is the emphasis people place
> upon making and sharing images. Maybe it's the orphaning of R cameras, but I
> prefer to think it's the quality of the company we're keeping here that makes
> the 'image' take dominance. I also don't recall ever seeing an image of a
> test chart, a newspaper, or a brick wall here. :-) I kind of like that. A lot.
absolutely true, it's all about the image...
makes me wonder why Erwin spends so much of his time shooting test charts.
Steve
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> I don't recall a single image I ever took improved by learning how to
> properly shoot a target on a wall let alone scrolling through those images as
> shot by another. It is the content which made or broke any image I ever took.
> The skills to prefocus on a baby in a swing, with an inaccurate prism, and
> adjust exposure to get enough shutter speed to overcome my wobbles and her
> relentless to & fro'ing - that comes in handy! (see
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeissfan/4493300525/sizes/l/in/set-72157623775522828/)
>
> Richard in Michigan
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