Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jack

I have been a long time user of the G1 crap, as you say.
I then upgraded to the G2 crap, which is obviously more expensive.
What I liked about the G crap is that it was light and compact,
nice for travelling, you can have the full complement of lenses in
your pockets. I used the crap to shoot slide film, which as you
know has little latitude for exposure. I was content with the crap
except of course the slow focus, I was aware though I would not
be getting a sports event Canon or Nikon.
I must admit that I'm a bit of a snob, in that I like titanium finish
crap, which is well built. Maybe it was me, but I rarely got out
of focus pictures.
Besides being a snob and flaunting that logo about, I used
the crap because it allowed me to mount some of the sharpest
lenses around, bar none. Had I been better off, I would've used
the Leica crap, for the same reasons shown above.
I for one will miss it.

Cheers !

Andrei
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jnhugo 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:07 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] the contax toast/film thingy



  A few years ago I decided to bite at the beautiful Contax G-1 range
  finder. I was in 
  Tokyo and the price was a few hundred bucks less than New York so I
  decided to treat 
  myself to a new camera. I-who usually carefully shop for the best
  quality used gear-
  put down 1100 for this great looking rangefinder.
  What a piece of crap camera! Focus function was slow and unreliable
  (passive auto) 
  exposures except for manual mode were never correct. Looks
  10-function 2. So I for 
  one will not miss contax which in my opinion is a "status box" some
  what a kin to a 
  leica. They really aren't worth the extra money- but if you like
  buying brand names...
  IMHO digital is the best choice for commercial photography since most
  of the images 
  only really need to last thru the current issue of what ever they are
  being used for.
  Fleeting and disposable photographs-the use of digital images is an
  environmentally 
  sound choice. I include wedding and portrait professionals in this
  category since most 
  of the stuff they produce is rubbish-canned moments of phoney
  emotion...there are 
  very few "good" wedding or portrait photographers. 
  I really think families should still shot their events on film. Film
  will last much longer 
  than digital files. Few home photographers practice proper back-up of
  their digital 
  files and every computer will have a crash event that will threaten
  the hard drive. Mac 
  or PC-they all crash. I predict in 20 years from now there are going
  to be many many  
  23 and 24 year olds who will be pissed off because there are no
  pictures of thier 
  chidhood-because dad didn't back up properly and all were lost in the
  early part of 
  the century due to a computer hard drive crash.
  Migrating technology is also a big concern-you know something is
  going to replace (hopefully!!)
  those flimsy, cheap ass CD's soon-will everyone migrate to the new
  media? -Does everyone go to the gym they pay membership to?-Doubtful.
  Yet if you drop your film on the ground and run over it with the car
  an image is going 
  to survive- There will be some thing that will attest to the fact: I
  was here...
  jack





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