Barbarians! Sewing people together like garments!
- Dr. (Bones) McCoy
Remember when photography was about a light tight box with a lens to make it
better than a pinhole and a shutter to control exposure (mainly)? You
actually had to know something about light! You couldn't complain that the
camera was at fault for a bad exposure or poor focus. When I bought my first
SLR, a Pentax H1a, I had more fun than a child in a toy store. I learden
about light the hard way. I got some pretty damn good shots back then too.
Now here we are, reduced to whining and bickering about the capabilities (or
lack thereof) of our cameras because they didn't do our job for us. Frankly,
I think I was better of before light meters. At least I had more fun.
When I see a comment on a PESO or such saying, "Perfect (or excellent, or
spot on, or whatever) exposure.", I think... shit, so?
I'm not saying that that's all photography is about, I'm just saying that
the necessity for "arcane or specialized knowledge" is almost no more, and
an era of magic has passed.
Makes me sad to think of this...
Regards,
Bob...
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"Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection."
-Jean Luc Godard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bob Blakely wrote:
>
>>"Will, sometimes there is nothing we can do but bow to the absurd."
>> - Picard, again...
>
> "I'm a physician, not a bricklayer!"
> - Dr. McCoy
>
> ;-)
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