So being a photographer is easy, you just have to buy more expencive equipment? I'd better buy a 1Ds MkII then... .-)
DagT > fra: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > place these new images side by side with some 30 year old shots and you will > see why such old shots aren't publishable any longer. i have birding books > from the late 60's to 70's. amazing for their time, completely unpublishable > today because they don't meet today's standards for sharpness, let alone > content. this guy is an amateur and there are now thousands of people like > him out there producing similar images. that's the difference that > technology makes. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: How Pentax Could Survive > > > > Manual film advance would be difficult, but sequences like this were > > regularly taken with manually focused, manual exposure movie cameras for > > about 75 years. It's amazing how quickly skills are forgotten, let alone > > lost. The fact that this was done with a still camera is just about > > amazing. (But I though that the first time I saw it). > >
