Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24
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On 24 Jul 97, Jim Brick wrote:
> Luiz you are great. I really like your point of view. And you've got the
> Joe Pesci - "My Cousin Vinny" slang down pat!
>
> Keep it up, but watch your blood pressure.
I, too, am enjoying it, BUT, there is validity to Frank's comment. If
memory serves, Frank was making his comment within the context of fast
moving sports photography. In that arena, IMHO, there has been an
improvement in the images since AF came along.
Though I don't see it regularly, today's Sports Illustrated photographs
are visually more exciting to me than were yesteryears. This, coming from
a guy who is nearly as old as Ted. I know that it takes more to excite me
visually today than years ago. Kind of like the image overload and the
resultant jadedness [sic] expressed in another thread by Patrick, I
believe.
Don't know how long its going to take we Leicaphiles to admit that AF
and AE is here to stay, because it does some jobs better than we can
manually. Thankfully, my pedestrian photography is best handled by the
Leica systems, but, if I was shooting roundball, auto racing etc. I'd sure
have different gear.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
Book (n): a utensil used to pass time while waiting
for the TV repairman.