----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Wayde Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Idea for bellows support
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, george jiri loun wrote: > > > The reason why amateurs try to replace bellows is for the most not their bad > > function but the fact that not every amateur is able to make them well. Once > > learned the art of their making, there is hardly anything better. Maybe, > > once their material could improve, but for what purpose?? George > > George, in general make some good points, but you are a lousy > brainstormer. The idea is to explore the possibilities rather than to > shoot them down. Sometimes incongruous ideas can make someone think a > slightly different way that leads to an innovation. Is there something > better - maybe and maybe not, but shooting down the suggestions in a > brainstorming session is a sure way to lock yourself into a mental prison > and kill the discussion. > > We all agree that bellows work well, and that they aren't really all that > hard to build. However, suggesting that we shouldn't think about > different designs, ideas, materials, etc. is antithetical to the premise > of this mailing list. It seems to me that if we all adopted your position > there really wouldn't be much to talk about. Why should we bother using > plastic for camera bodies? After all, wood has proven to be more than > adequate. Coated lenses - no need for that since plain glass works pretty > well. Heck, why even bother building your own camera? You can buy them > for heavens sake, and you might also notice that probably 98% of the > commercial cameras don't use bellows anymore either. Perhaps I should > just shutdown the list since there doesn't seem to be any point ... > > I'm not saying that we shouldn't be critical of ideas, just be careful > about how you do it. Is your criticism constructive or are you simply > torpedoing what may actually be a creative process? Right now I think you > are dancing pretty close to the latter. > > - Wayde > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------------------- Wayde, have you the impression that writing this way you don't try to kill a free exchange of ideas? I think you are dancing pretty close to an arrogant dictator trying to tell others what they can and what they cannot think and express. Pretty sad for a one who teaches others to be - constructive...George _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
