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Re: [OM] another philosophical question about the 135

Subject: Re: [OM] another philosophical question about the 135
From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:12:53 -0700
Tris asks:

<< Where will you teach, Gary? >>

Community College of Southern Nevada.  I have to run the gauntlet with
teaching two Beginning Photography classes initially, but I get to sit
in on what I might be interested in teaching in the future. The
facilities are great and I might be disappearing in the darkroom/digital
labs a lot since I understand I'll be getting a key.  If I get into this
(as I expect), I'll go back to school for a degree which will allow me
to teach full-time.

<< I doubt if there are many photographers in the world who could tell
the difference in images rendered by Zuiko and the next brand.
Could you? >>

A list member wants to test me in that.  I have their slides but haven't
tried it yet.  I'll see if I can get to it.  But I know this: if you
warm up to a landscape subject with a zoom and then backup shoot your
best scenes with your best prime, you are generally going to be able to
coax extra enlargability out of the negs/slides with the prime, assuming
you are using a slowish film and medium range apertures.  Fast films
and/or greatly stopping down (i.e., diffraction loss) masks the
distinctions between lenses. So does small photographic prints or being
far away from the projected image or making 8 1/2x11 or smaller digital
prints, or having poor eyesight.

I say that being able to tell the difference between a generic and
manufacturer's lens isn't a useful exercise. Rather, which one gives you
confidence in the ability to enlarge the image when you need it?  Based
on photo processing statistics just published by PMA, not many folks
enlarge their images.  So a point and shoot lens suits them fine.  If I
think I'm shooting a keeper, I want an image with the best lens I have
on hand, assuming I can reshoot.

There is a gallery in Mammoth Lakes, CA.  The owner shoots with a Pentax
645 and a Pentax zoom.  He sells landscape prints way too big for the
level of detail in his Velvia trannies.  It becomes real obvious when
you compare to other photographers work that he hangs and who use Pentax
6x7 or 4x5. With the wide availability and ability to print large ink
jet output, it seems folks are over enlarging.  That annoys me as a
viewer.

Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV


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