EricM Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 that it's really cool how many R-D1s users and pix have been posted lately. Mostof us will remember the threads from three years ago and more about digi and theflame wars and just wanted to say that it's great that so many have embraced anew medium and are active in posting great shots. That's all, keep it up and hope you had a good weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 ditto! also at the beginning of RD1 we just heard negatives and misconceptions until someone who can actually see and take a picture posts some decent examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 What great shots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Are you saying you missed it or you don't agree? Are you asjing me to do a search and pick the shots that I liked and the link them here for your viewing pleasure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 well, if we're going to turn a light-hearted positive thread into a pissing match, perhaps Bill can start by posting some of his images for us to use as a benchmark with first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dford Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Since equipment doesn't matter, the gist of the digi flame wars back in the day, why is it 'great that so many have embraced a new medium'? The new medium stands no greater chance of producing decent images then the old medium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_haller Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Digital is what "Nespresso" is to REAL Espresso. It is a substitut and far away from the real ting. Just a bit trashy in a way and I would never ever never dumb my MP for an MD - never in my life. If I�m the "Fidel" of Analogue - I can life with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james mitchell dc Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I agree with Eric. As more people have discovered a digital rangefinder that takes Leica and Leica-adaptable lenses, then the "digital" word seems to mean less than does the shoot more and post more idea. I'm not saying that more is better, but there is something to be said for inexpensive practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 here here Eric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay_patel Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 "Most of us will remember the threads from three years ago and more about digi and the flame wars" My how time flies. Seems like it was just yesterday PN was filled with digital-vs-film flame wars. Wait a tick, it WAS just yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dford Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I agree that it 'seems' that digital users take more pics. My theory is that we will see an exponential increase in Vernacular photography over time. Which is a perverse result of more pics being taken via digital capture.<br>Rather then rummaging through attics, the future of Vernacular photography will involve surfing old archives of digitally store pics on the net.<br> Interesting images to look at, regardless of purpose, intent or talent is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 my "keeper" rate isn't any better since I got a 5d. i will consider an m8 for the same reason i got an m6ttl- way small, with great lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 James wrote: "there is something to be said for inexpensive practice." Doug wrote: "Interesting images to look at, regardless of purpose, intent or talent is a good thing." QFT. BTW I don't see digital as instant coffee. I see it as simply a different kind of (real) coffee. I make myself Greek/Turkish coffee now and then and one of the attractions is that it's so easy. It's okay that somebody else grew and ground the beans* for me if the quality is excellent. Which it is. *Jasper Coffee is great if you're in Melbourne. They have a stall at the Prahran Market. Their variety is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james mitchell dc Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 "Vernacular photography" is an interesting term. As a former poet, I like it, but then again it doesn't make clear sense. Vernacular is clearly associated with language--espcially spoken language. Nonetheless, it is an interesting term, but far from what I think was meant. I am guessing that "vernacular photography" would refer more closely to one's original and familiar medium, such as film, in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_amos Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 The rangefinder is dead. LONG LIVE THE RANGEFINDER! (As long as the M8 or RD-2 or Ikon Digital is available for under 2 grand.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film rules Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Jeez, not again - FILM RULES!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_bergman1 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 "Robert Haller , aug 07, 2006; 05:44 p.m. Digital is what "Nespresso" is to REAL Espresso. It is a substitut and far away from the real ting. Just a bit trashy in a way and I would never ever never dumb my MP for an MD - never in my life. If I?m the "Fidel" of Analogue - I can life with it.." I like the real ting(sic) too, but I also like gnu experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 MarK "The rangefinder is dead. LONG LIVE THE RANGEFINDER!" The rangefinder camera has been dead since the late 1960s, its just that a bunch of nuts who happened to own Leicas, never acknowledged it. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatrice_flowers Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Film is SO dead. If you're not shooting digital, you're not serious about photography. This is an equipment forum, so yes what you shoot with matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul t Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 "Vernacular is clearly associated with language--espcially spoken language." <p>Not really. Vernacular is a term frequently applied to art, and even more often to architecture. It means native, domestic or local and perhaps naive or unpretentious. Not terms invariably associated with black and white film photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 "If you're not shooting digital, you're not serious about photography." Gosh, that's a pretty strident comment. It sounds like some sort of totalitarian edict. A bit like claiming that if you don't wear a photo vest, you're not serious about photo-journalism. I'm happy shooting either. To each his, or her, own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Somebody please post an RD-1s pic for chrise-acke. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Holy Schneike! I've got to go get me a photovest QUICK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I am yet to see any film images from the DMR users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 "Film is SO dead. If you're not shooting digital, you're not serious about photography." Finally! a digital counterpart to the patently idiotic "FILM RULEZ!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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