I thought the era of arcane knowledge was just beginning, say the right incantation and the picture appears. What is actually happening is obscured by the technology.
Bob Blakely wrote: > Barbarians! Sewing people together like garments! > - Dr. (Bones) McCoy > > Remember when photography was about a light tight box with a lens to make it > better than a pinhole and a shutter to control exposure (mainly)? You > actually had to know something about light! You couldn't complain that the > camera was at fault for a bad exposure or poor focus. When I bought my first > SLR, a Pentax H1a, I had more fun than a child in a toy store. I learden > about light the hard way. I got some pretty damn good shots back then too. > Now here we are, reduced to whining and bickering about the capabilities (or > lack thereof) of our cameras because they didn't do our job for us. Frankly, > I think I was better of before light meters. At least I had more fun. > > When I see a comment on a PESO or such saying, "Perfect (or excellent, or > spot on, or whatever) exposure.", I think... shit, so? > > I'm not saying that that's all photography is about, I'm just saying that > the necessity for "arcane or specialized knowledge" is almost no more, and > an era of magic has passed. > > Makes me sad to think of this... > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------------------------------------------- > "Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection." > -Jean Luc Godard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> Bob Blakely wrote: >> >> >>> "Will, sometimes there is nothing we can do but bow to the absurd." >>> - Picard, again... >>> >> "I'm a physician, not a bricklayer!" >> - Dr. McCoy >> >> ;-) >> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- 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.
