Well, shell, is right. When there was only one camera in the world and only one
person who knew how to use it there was a purity of expression that could not be
denied. Once there was two of each that purity was diluted 50%. When there were
a million it was diluted a million fold. With each generation of "its easier",
the percentage of dedicated practitioners has been reduced, and the percentage
of dilettante has increased. You seem to be the one who has to defend his
position fervently. Feeling insecure about going digital? Need to justify the
expense? Shel, does not say you can not take good photos with a digital camera,
he says the percentage of those who do is going down. That is true on the face
of it. "I like my digital camera", is far different from, "You should throw away
your film and go digital like I did", which is what you some others seem to be
preaching. The funny thing is I remember you and most of them as the loudest, "I
will never go digital" folks on the list at one time. But in a way I am glad,
because your and their idiocy has driven me seriously back to the Graphic which
had been used mostly as a joke until I started reacting to the "Digital Ober
All" nonsense. Now I am having more fun, and it only takes a couple of images a
week to do it.
Where did you ever get the idea, Herb, that your way is "The One True Way"?
--
Herb Chong wrote:
which, since it's just a camera, leaves your complaints at "it was better in
the good old days".
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Photography
It's a friggin' camera, Herb. It produces what you can make
it produce.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
