We have the perfect storm of digital and the net to blame. Postings from
unknown "critics" conduct autopsies on images and pick apart every little
bit, except of course content.
Look at the highly regarded Cartier-Bresson. Thecnical mastery wasn't his
thing, but content was. On the other hadd, I've seen prints of every size of
Ansel Adams work, and although technically perfect, I find them to be cold.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: [OM] Lest we lose the real perspective...
>I spotted this on an Epson scanner mail list this morning. It was
> written in response to another poster who was lamenting the quality
> problems he was encountering trying to scan his old Nikon F/Vietnam era
> films. I think it's very good advice and will make my future scanning
> of old films and prints less "fussy".
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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> I was looking at a photography book from 1966 with work from many
> recognized photographers from the time. By today's technical standards
> parameters such as sharpness, blown highlights, color and tonality it
> was not impressive. The printing and paper quality was obviously
> suspect, likely the films were good but much was lost by the time it got
> off the press. However it mattered little, it was obviously the content
> that made the images memorable. As scanner operators, as we struggle to
> chase todays digital expectations and yesterdays darkroom standards with
> these marginal scanners and not really making it on either end it helps
> to remember content is the most important, possible for future viewers.
> That 1966 book listed all the cameras and films used and it was very
> enjoyable to compare the images to the cameras and film used. It was not
> obvious in most cases if it was a Leica, Nikon, a Hassleblad, or a
> larger format.
>
> With this in mind if I had your old Vietnamese films I'd be welcoming
> any grain, blurs, exposure extremes that might help to capture the
> capture of the time instead of chasing digital cleanliness.
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