Sigh. Make that "made without computer help". It's hard to find reading glasses that focus well for me on computer screens.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, one problem with his arguments is figuring out what the > hell his arguments are. Numbers aren't everything? Absolutely. Any > numbers in particular or are we just generally embracing innumeracy? > And what precisely does this have to do with his old Leica? There > were good lenses in the old days made with computer help. Lots of > crappy ones too. In the price range I can afford, the newer ones are > better. > > The older film technology is simpler and, as is often the case, > this makes it more robust. Modern electronic cameras are more > complicated and have many, many more pieces which can fail. Again, > how does this relate to craftsmanship? There will never be hand > crafted electronics in the way mechanical objects were made. Two > different kinds of devices such as these are difficult to compare. I > vividly remember the early days of digital when numbers were > constantly used to prove that digital could never replace film. We > would need at least 25 MP to replace film. Of course, film was > essentially taken out by the 6 mp APS-C DSLRs because, numbers aside, > the DSLRs produced images that were more than good enough for what > people were using them for. > > Film photography with his M3 (M3, right?) was a slower, more > careful, and maybe more satisfying process. Digital is also > satisfying because post-processing can improve my images, assuming I > didn't screw them up in the first place. Different processes with > different charms. > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Jim King <jamesk8...@mac.com> wrote: >> Larry Colen wrote on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:18:16 -0700 > rpcoess> >> (snip) >> >>> I can't help but wonder if Pentax owners have a similar reputation for >>> annoyingly bragging about how our cameras perform as well, or better, than >>> other brands, but cost so much less. >> >> Hah! I was hoping that someone other than me might be wondering about the >> same thing. >> >> Actually, I'm a little disappointed that so much of the commentary on this >> post has centered on form rather than substance... >> >> Regards, Jim >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
