Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/03
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On 3 Dec 97, Patrick G. Sobalvarro wrote:
> I think this is great! The pictorialist movement in photography never
> died; it just went underground when the f/64 guys (who don't seem to
> have known about diffraction) beat up on it. It lives on in the
> hearts of the people!
Whatever starts your engine, Patrick. I think Ansel and company were
quite aware of diffraction but were sick of seeing so much of it and
wanted to pursue photography for its strengths rather than what it
could emulate.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
When in doubt...
manipulate the data.