RE: [APML] Foveon Chip

["Richard Klappal" <klappal@xnet.com>]

There, I agree entirely.  My preferred camera is a Mamiya C330 (twin -lens
reflex, 6x6cm, no meter) for terrestrial shooting.  My 35mm cameras are all
early to mid-1970s models.  I do my best to avoid most of the photo
automation, it rarely takes the picture I visualized!  AS the eyes go south
behind my trifocals, I'm starting to change my mind about auto-focus, but it
usually screws up too.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
Behalf Of Joseph O'Neil
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 06:52
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: RE: [APML] Foveon Chip



>         In the main, I agree, but I guess time marches on.  Someplace
> around here I
>have a photography article, from far before my time, that was complaining
>about photographers who couldn't make their own wet-plates from an egg,
>acid, and a silver dollar.  But then, our silver dolloars are all
>copper/nickel alloys of some variety, so we have a second excuse!

-snip-

         Not really.  One reason Kodak became the giant they did was  they
basically came out with the first "point and shoot" cameras.  You bought
the camera, shot off the rool, and Kodak "does everything else".
         I've got a book with some reprints of old ads too.   :)

         Btu the point was, and still was well into the 1960's and 70's,
that even with a pinhole camera or a Kodak brownie, you were stille xpected
to understand basic rules of compostion while shooting.  I have a few old
photogrpahy books, and all of them state over and over again the basic,
fundamental rules of composition, forethought, etc, etc.
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