"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
- Arthur C. Clarke
Put the magic little card in the camera. Point the camera at anything,
anywhere. Press the thingy and, voila! The magic is performed. The camera
has become a witches cauldron for images.
Regards,
Bob...
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“Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection.”
–Jean Luc Godard
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From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I thought the era of arcane knowledge was just beginning, say the right
incantation and the picture appears. What is actually happening is
obscured by the technology.
Bob Blakely wrote:
> 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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