Who exactly are the following quote attributed to?
"well you can only do this with film, digital isn't good enough and can't ever make a B&W print I like"
"digital is the only way this could ever be done"
"I don't know how I could live without hyper program"
"you have to have ttl flash metering to take these pictures"
Regards, Bob... ------------------------------------------------ "A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory."
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A pot calls a kettle "black".
I neither evangelize digital or keep any flames. I like photography, and I don't care whether it's done with film or digital equipment. I don't even care whether it's Pentax equipment at all. I dislike the inanely stupid "well you can only do this with film, digital isn't good enough and can't ever make a B&W print I like" bullshit just as much as the "digital is the only way this could ever be done" dogma, which are both just as insipid as "I don't know how I could live without hyper program" and "you have to have ttl flash metering to take these pictures".
Questioning the value of certain techniques and choices is fine, I do it all the time. But to do it with prejudice and with attitude, with the sneering assurance that some new technique cannot be as good as the one you espouse ... well, idiocy and drivel drooling Ludditism comes to mind. ;-)
This afternoon if I get time, I'll be working on some Minox 8x11 techniques I've had in my head for a while. If you're interested, I'll show some results. It ain't a Pentax and it will be a digital workflow, but it will also be film...
Godfrey
On May 16, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
So, if one *questions the value of certain techniques or choices, does it them a Luddite?
Y'know Godfrey, your on line personality is quite different from that of
the man I met at the PDML get together. You come across here as very
abrasive and dogmatic, leaving little room for the opinions of others. It's
really a shame because you probably have a lot to contribute. However, your
demeanor is a real turn off. You present yourself as a digital evangelist,
a true believer, the keeper of the flame. Your way is the right way, others
are idiots or drivel drooling Luddites.
Shel
[Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
I think the term Luddite is quite applicable:
Luddite n 1: any opponent of technological progress 2: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
