Someone else responded that the pinhole is not a lens because you don't
focus it. I view it as a fixed focus lens. It channels the light without the
benefit of a focus ring. One must do what was done with bellows cameras:
adjust the lens to filmplane distance to focus.
I can agree that the scanner is a 'photo' process from the standpoint of
capturing photons on some light sensitive plane, but the act of taking a
photograph requires a compositional eye. The scanner precludes this. Sure,
you can get a preview, but not without scanning. I really am having a hard
time explaining the link of the photographer, the camera and the subject
coming together. Understanding exposure, lighting, emulsions, shadow details
etc. Try changing the lighting angle on a scanner! How about selecting a
focal length? No way to select perspective. There is more to it than landing
light on a sensitive surface and presenting that result. Granted, there is a
challenge to make an artful image with the scanner. I just can't call it
phophophotototogggrraphy....
Mickey
PS- if you have adopted the scanner as your 'photographic' method, please
send me all your useless cameras and their lenses. thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:28 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] What is photography?
> The graphic artist in me says it's valid. But as photography...?
>
> Some folks regard a quality flatbed scanner as the equivalent to a large
> format studio camera for still lifes and montages. I've seen some
excellent
> work along this line. Heck, I've *done* some work like that, tho' my
> efforts have been spotty at best.
>
> Hmm...I'd say it's photography if *any* use of the digital capture medium
is
> photography, sure. What's the diff between a digital "camera" and a
> scanner? One has a lens, the other doesn't. A pinhole camera doesn't
have
> a lens, per se. We could really split some hairs over this one.
> ===========
> Lex Jenkins
> ===========
> "Yeah. Me. Baby. Love. Dig. More. Night. All. You. She. Car.
My.
> Her. Top. Down." - Assemble it yourself rock song
>
>
> >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 01:03:37 -0800
> >From: "Mickey Trageser" <mickeytr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I recently made some comments on the 'photo of the week' at www.photo.net
> >that an image of a mushroom made by placing the mushroom on a scanner bed
> >is not photography...I'd like to know what you think.
>
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