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Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 6 Hours Ago
Replies: 18
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Posted By Jamie123
Oh that's an L! Now it makes much more sense. I...

Oh that's an L! Now it makes much more sense. I read it as an I and thought maybe it's a weird abbreviation for "intakt".
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 6 Hours Ago
Replies: 18
Views: 271
Posted By Jamie123
"Ausstellungsware: Funktionssicherheit It....

"Ausstellungsware: Funktionssicherheit It. Leica-Garantie wird gewährleistet"

Loosely translated it means "Display piece (as in, the camera that is on display in the store): Functions properly....
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 1 Week Ago
Replies: 8
Views: 199
Posted By Jamie123
No they won't, but to be honest, even the ones...

No they won't, but to be honest, even the ones that take available Fuji packfilm sell for very little. I paid $15 for mine.
Forum: Off Topic 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 73
Views: 1,754
Posted By Jamie123
Luckily, people now are probably producing more...

Luckily, people now are probably producing more zines (and self-published books) than ever!
Forum: Off Topic 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 73
Views: 1,754
Posted By Jamie123
In that case I agree that it's a bit distasteful...

In that case I agree that it's a bit distasteful but I also thought the same when people celebrated Bin Laden's death. Even if one thinks it's good that someone died there's still something perverted...
Forum: Off Topic 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 73
Views: 1,754
Posted By Jamie123
I don't live in the UK and didn't see the...

I don't live in the UK and didn't see the protests but did they dance on her grave (i.e. did they express joy about her death and celebrate) or did they protest what she did and expressed what they...
Forum: Photography General Interest 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 24
Views: 1,213
Posted By Jamie123
I don't think anybody has a clear definition of...

I don't think anybody has a clear definition of it and it's a pretty useless term. We probably all associate the notion of the snapshot with the quick and intuitive as opposed to the slow and...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 57
Views: 1,720
Posted By Jamie123
Being a great pianist is one way of being a great...

Being a great pianist is one way of being a great musician but you do not have to be a pianist at all in order to make great music. There are many other ways. The same goes for photography. If...
Forum: Photography General Interest 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 43
Views: 1,544
Posted By Jamie123
Tastes are indeed subjective. Case in point, I...

Tastes are indeed subjective. Case in point, I think McCurry is an awful photographer. The Céline Dion of photography if you will (since we're making comparisons). But, much like with Céline Dion, I...
Forum: Photography General Interest 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 43
Views: 1,544
Posted By Jamie123
Winogrand was the anti-semite of street...

Winogrand was the anti-semite of street photography? That's weird! With him being jewish and all...
:)
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 118
Views: 3,923
Posted By Jamie123
Indeed. The whole thing with geographic...

Indeed. The whole thing with geographic restrictions for content on the internet is ridiculous.
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 118
Views: 3,923
Posted By Jamie123
Sure but that's just a platitude. Everybody knows...

Sure but that's just a platitude. Everybody knows that one can improve a skill by practicing. The only thing that was even remotely interesting about Gladwell's "theory" was the 10'000 hour figure.
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 118
Views: 3,923
Posted By Jamie123
Haha that's funny :) Macolm Gladwell is hardly an...

Haha that's funny :)
Macolm Gladwell is hardly an expert.
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 118
Views: 3,923
Posted By Jamie123
Not quite. It would be literal if...

Not quite. It would be literal if somethngliterally sucked (e.g. like a vacuum cleaner). I was classifying it as a metonym because if you call someone a c***sucker you're just picking out a single...
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 118
Views: 3,923
Posted By Jamie123
I'm not an American (or native English speaker)...

I'm not an American (or native English speaker) but my guess would be that it's not used as an oxymoron in this way but more likely as a metonymy with a homophobic context.
Forum: Photography General Interest 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
I'm still not sure I'd agree. I'd say it's much...

I'm still not sure I'd agree. I'd say it's much more basic than that. We usually encounter things in a certain context. If I see a milk carton at the grocery store I see it as a product that is...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-15-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
I pretty much agree. And yes, I would also say...

I pretty much agree. And yes, I would also say pornography is basically an aid to masturbation. That's why sexually explicit art is such bad porn. Dropping one's pants in a museum or gallery space...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-15-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
Oh no, I think you misunderstood. My point was...

Oh no, I think you misunderstood. My point was precisely that the viewer does not have control over the context. The viewer encounters the work in a context and can, based on his experience, make an...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-14-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
I would say that mostly it comes down to context....

I would say that mostly it comes down to context. An explicit image in a porn magazine is either arousing or not but hardly anyone is going to try to figure out what it means beyond that. However,...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-14-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
I would very much disagree. I would say the...

I would very much disagree. I would say the difference between an art photograph and one in Playboy is not something about the picture itself but about the context in which it is presented and in...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-14-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
That's a hard task because most phoographers who...

That's a hard task because most phoographers who are known mainly for nudes tend to be pretty boring. I'd say maybe Ryan McGinley is an exception. Can't think of many others.
Forum: Sony NEX 05-13-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,547
Posted By Jamie123
Leica merely sold a different design for a few...

Leica merely sold a different design for a few hundred bucks more. Apple used to do the same thing with the black MacBook for what it's worth. And at least Leica was pretty upfront about...
Forum: Sony NEX 05-13-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,547
Posted By Jamie123
Not at all. As sevo noted, they basically just...

Not at all. As sevo noted, they basically just added a shell that's made with expensive materials. The funny thing is they actually made the camera clunkier and less ergonomic. And don't forget, the...
Forum: Sony NEX 05-13-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,547
Posted By Jamie123
Yes, that's what they (i.e. the investors who...

Yes, that's what they (i.e. the investors who bought Hasselblad) are hoping for but I doubt it's going to work. My friend bought the dlux because he wanted to buy a p&s and thought if it's a Leica it...
Forum: Sony NEX 05-12-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,547
Posted By Jamie123
Case in point, I know a guy from a fairly wealthy...

Case in point, I know a guy from a fairly wealthy family who bought the D-Lux and then a few months later his sister bought the Panasonic version. When he noticed they were the same camera he was...
Forum: Sony NEX 05-12-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,547
Posted By Jamie123
I'm sure she'd have the good sense to spend the...

I'm sure she'd have the good sense to spend the money more wisely, like e.g. on cocaine.

But really, I don't think there are a lot of rich people who would buy this thing. Most rich people, just...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-12-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
Oh, I share your doubts about Stieglitz, I just...

Oh, I share your doubts about Stieglitz, I just accepted it as a premise for sake of the argument :)

It's funny how these art historical myths develop over time, isn't it? It's like the recent...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-12-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
Ah but here's the crux of the argument. Just...

Ah but here's the crux of the argument. Just because he pioneered the acceptance of photography as an art form, doesn't mean that he pioneered the art form itself. Once photography was accepted as an...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-12-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
I wouldn't even say it's only a lack of talent....

I wouldn't even say it's only a lack of talent. There are probably a whole lot of very talented pornographers. The thing is, though, they're good at making porn, not art. There's also plenty of art...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-12-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
Ok, but as Roger rightly points out, nude photos...

Ok, but as Roger rightly points out, nude photos were being made almost since the invention of photography so from that point of view Stieglitz was quite late to the game.

But I think you're looking...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-12-2013
Replies: 120
Views: 3,498
Posted By Jamie123
A brief history of art nudes? Where do we start?...

A brief history of art nudes? Where do we start? Ancient Greece?
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-11-2013
Replies: 80
Views: 3,830
Posted By Jamie123
I wasn't directly referring to your comment, just...

I wasn't directly referring to your comment, just to the general notion that being serious about photography and being a sleazy perv that wants to sleep with the model are mutually exclusive. As has...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-11-2013
Replies: 80
Views: 3,830
Posted By Jamie123
I think in reality it's generally just assumed...

I think in reality it's generally just assumed that a (straight) man wants to sleep with an attractive woman. I think the question is how exactly one interprets 'to want' in this case. If it just...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-10-2013
Replies: 80
Views: 3,830
Posted By Jamie123
Well, first and foremost, "human nature" knows no...

Well, first and foremost, "human nature" knows no clothes so any naturalistic argument about the inherent eroticism of nudity fails from the start. What is and isn't considered nudity highly depends...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-10-2013
Replies: 80
Views: 3,830
Posted By Jamie123
To be fair, though, only a few of the statements...

To be fair, though, only a few of the statements so far were gender specific and the original question only really makes sense if one assumes that there's at least a potential for sexual attraction...
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-10-2013
Replies: 80
Views: 3,830
Posted By Jamie123
There's plenty of non-erotic nude photography(...

There's plenty of non-erotic nude photography( though I surely hope there's not a lot of castration going on!).
A good example for non-erotic nudes are medical photographs for various purposes. Also,...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 05-07-2013
Replies: 64
Views: 1,502
Posted By Jamie123
I always pay VAT on purchases in my country and...

I always pay VAT on purchases in my country and whenever I order something from outside the country I pay VAT plus a large customs fee. I don't quite get why you Americans are complaining. Because it...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 05-05-2013
Replies: 18
Views: 1,453
Posted By Jamie123
It's not far-fetched and it's not entirely...

It's not far-fetched and it's not entirely impossible that it's his but it just seems very likely that Teller used one of his cameras as a prop as this is exactly what he always uses (Contax G2 +...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 05-04-2013
Replies: 18
Views: 1,453
Posted By Jamie123
Seems highly likely that that's one of Teller's...

Seems highly likely that that's one of Teller's cameras then as it's exactly what he uses and he usually has at least two at hand.
Forum: Photography General Interest 05-03-2013
Replies: 19
Views: 533
Posted By Jamie123
I'd go for the bottom one.

I'd go for the bottom one.
Forum: TLR Forum - Twin Lens Reflex 05-02-2013
Replies: 26
Views: 1,607
Posted By Jamie123
These are also very easy to repair. If it breaks...

These are also very easy to repair. If it breaks you just have to remove the fancy shell and put it on another Sony Nex ;)
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 05-02-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 823
Posted By Jamie123
Believe me, many parts in Hasselblad cameras can...

Believe me, many parts in Hasselblad cameras can break, get loose, loose tension etc. etc. And having a Hasselblad camera, lens or back fixed is not very cheap. I still have a couple of Hasselblads...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 05-02-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 823
Posted By Jamie123
I think for now they're fairly safe as they are...

I think for now they're fairly safe as they are much more stable as a company unlike Hasselblad who seem to change owners faster than it takes me to get through a roll of film.

As far as the...
Forum: Photography General Interest 04-30-2013
Replies: 68
Views: 1,813
Posted By Jamie123
I completely agree, we shouldn't get too worked...

I completely agree, we shouldn't get too worked up about it. Which is exactly why I kept my initial comment short and just proposed that we try to keep the misogyny in check. Just to quickly rehash...
Forum: Photography General Interest 04-30-2013
Replies: 68
Views: 1,813
Posted By Jamie123
That's the thing, though, this thread didn't...

That's the thing, though, this thread didn't start out being about sex or sexiness at all. But somewhere along the line it started turning into a group of guys joking about her bodyparts. Funny...
Forum: Photography General Interest 04-30-2013
Replies: 68
Views: 1,813
Posted By Jamie123
First of all, "sex-toy"?...

First of all, "sex-toy"? Wow...just....wow...

Last I checked she was just another pop star who wants to come across as sexy. We can discuss the gender politics of that but in no way does it warrant...
Forum: Photography General Interest 04-30-2013
Replies: 68
Views: 1,813
Posted By Jamie123
I don't think you're right here. Some of those...

I don't think you're right here. Some of those who love and idolize her will gradually change their views if they see too many unflattering pictures of her. What they couldn't care less about is...
Forum: Photography General Interest 04-30-2013
Replies: 68
Views: 1,813
Posted By Jamie123
Joke or not, that's quite offensive. Can we...

Joke or not, that's quite offensive. Can we please dial down the misogyny a bit?
Forum: RFF News 04-29-2013
Replies: 64
Views: 3,594
Posted By Jamie123
How long is this term exactly?

How long is this term exactly?
Forum: Photogs / Photo Exhibits 04-29-2013
Replies: 203
Views: 5,223
Posted By Jamie123
Oh, ok I understand. Sorry, I mistook it for an...

Oh, ok I understand. Sorry, I mistook it for an expression of admiration because you cited him as an example for your bar being high.

I do admit, though, that I have a bit of a problem refering to...
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