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From: Len Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: 85mm vs 77mm, and 43mm
> Oh my God! Isaac you nailed it with this post! This list seems
> to be more about intangibles than images. A lens can give
> fantastic results and all you will hear about it is how the lens
> feels, looks, weighs, handles, and balances. Sometimes, it's
> enough to make a working photographer puke. How many times I've
> wanted to scream "It does the damned job, doesn't it?" If it
> gives us the results we want, can't we adapt just a little bit?
>
> Sorry. Soapbox mode off. Kevlar body armor on.
>
Well, I know that most of us here don't make a living doing this sort of
stuff, but it does seem that we lose sight of the real purpose of
photography fairly often. That purpose of course is to take pictures. Take
for example that silly thread a while back on weather or not digital cameras
take photographs... The pictures should always come first, questions about
technique should always come second. This isn't limited to this group to be
sure... I don't know how many times I will show a customer some equipment
that will suit their photographic needs perfectly only to have them say,
"It's nice, BUT, well, you know..." When I inform them that I don't know I
get answers ranging all over the place... "It's made in the Phillipines, "
"I don't like how it feels,", "It isn't made by Nikon" or even "It's the
wrong color". The one common thread is that it doesn't have a darn thing to
do with taking pictures. It always amazes me that what was such a pressing
photographic need suddenly is sidelined by something that is completely
beside the point photographicly. I will of course sell whatever the customer
wants to buy, but inevitivly they pick something that will not help them
with whatever they came in asking for.
I guess it's just a matter of priorities. Personally, I would much
prefer not to have to deal with equipment at all. But until that mind
projection thing I keep trying starts to work I guess I'll be stuck with
this stuff...:-)
Isaac
> Len
> ---
>
> > This all reminds me of a review of a Rega turntable I once
> saw. It was a
> > new model, a new new flagship. The reviewer praised everything
> about the
> > table, but finished up by giving it only a fair rating because
> it didn't
> > have enough "magic". I could just imagine the reaction from
> the folks at
> > Rega... "Well, we told our engineers to put a high priority on
> magic, but I
> > guess they didn't get the memo..." I'm sure that Pentax feels
> the same
> > way...:-)
> >
> > Isaac
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