ain’t never held a Leica in my hands.. much less shot one .. but appreciate your uh ‘wish..
yet often shot motion picture cameras what made a Leica price look cheap by comparison..
Wish I could find a decent used or even brand new battery for my Canon 5D Mark ‘nothing’ - Just gave my new/Mint/used 5D MK 2 with Battery Pack & four batteries to my son along with the late Karl Richter’s 28mm & a used 75-350 & his 3 year old somehow started shooting it.. go figure. But I’ve a well used Canon XTI for young Caden I took worldwide on assignment as backup & my principle Time Lapse body & will round up an 18-75 or whatever for him !
There’s been ‘AI’ germinating & showing up in products & processes long before I got into Media in th 70’s & became a ‘shooter or later became involved in ‘post production’ as well.. but recognize your ‘conundrum.. & have little to zero interest in ‘Utilizing AI in any Form or Practice of my original creative endeavours.. It’s ‘complicated’ as I utilize Adobe Express - free version to ‘storyboard’ motion picture scenes as well as ‘photo-map’ stills with text notes !
Need I even mention just ‘accessing & viewing your post & responding is AI enabled ?
Microsoft has been integrating a lot of AI into Office 365 and the Edge browser. Some of these additions are proving to be very useful. When I started my Substack a while back, I noted that no AI would ever be used other than spell and grammar checking which have been around before the AI revolution. I do find the use of AI in creating false images and videos disconcerting even though some results can be quite humorous.
Regarding the Leica, of course it will be expensive as only 101 cameras will be manufactured. I assume this will be just a collectable as who will want to risk a $20K camera out in the elements?😁 My father's best friend was a big fan of Leica III models and would buy used cameras in need of repair, fix them and sell them on. He loaned me one when I was home for spring vacation from college. It was fun shooting with it and comparing the results from my Nikon (this was circa 1968). I always liked the Nikon for modern features but the Leica with its light weight was wonderful to use.
I have a Leica M3 and a Rolleiflex Distagon all circa 1950's that my father, a once wedding photographer owned. You didn't have to be rich to buy them back then. But hey, it's a different world we live in now. Speaking of which, AI, l totally avoid it. I don't even use satnav on my phone or car. My street directory doesn't lose signal and it always gets you there. Long live the Luddites of this world!
I have an M4 I bought used a long time ago way back when film was THE way... I still love using it but I shoot a lot less film now purely due to cost factors.
All new technologies are "AI" until they are just a feature. Generative AI has improved my daily productivity. When the tools are used responsibly, good things can happen.
"All new technologies are 'AI' until they are just a feature" may be a bit reductive given the specific tech I am referring to pretty much takes all human produced knowledge and creativity and regurgitates stolen combinations of it back to you. It is not at all "intelligent" and cannot reason in the way we humans do.
The key word here is "responsibly" which I guess is better stated as morally. Maybe we should all agree on that definition.
ain’t never held a Leica in my hands.. much less shot one .. but appreciate your uh ‘wish..
yet often shot motion picture cameras what made a Leica price look cheap by comparison..
Wish I could find a decent used or even brand new battery for my Canon 5D Mark ‘nothing’ - Just gave my new/Mint/used 5D MK 2 with Battery Pack & four batteries to my son along with the late Karl Richter’s 28mm & a used 75-350 & his 3 year old somehow started shooting it.. go figure. But I’ve a well used Canon XTI for young Caden I took worldwide on assignment as backup & my principle Time Lapse body & will round up an 18-75 or whatever for him !
There’s been ‘AI’ germinating & showing up in products & processes long before I got into Media in th 70’s & became a ‘shooter or later became involved in ‘post production’ as well.. but recognize your ‘conundrum.. & have little to zero interest in ‘Utilizing AI in any Form or Practice of my original creative endeavours.. It’s ‘complicated’ as I utilize Adobe Express - free version to ‘storyboard’ motion picture scenes as well as ‘photo-map’ stills with text notes !
Need I even mention just ‘accessing & viewing your post & responding is AI enabled ?
Microsoft has been integrating a lot of AI into Office 365 and the Edge browser. Some of these additions are proving to be very useful. When I started my Substack a while back, I noted that no AI would ever be used other than spell and grammar checking which have been around before the AI revolution. I do find the use of AI in creating false images and videos disconcerting even though some results can be quite humorous.
Regarding the Leica, of course it will be expensive as only 101 cameras will be manufactured. I assume this will be just a collectable as who will want to risk a $20K camera out in the elements?😁 My father's best friend was a big fan of Leica III models and would buy used cameras in need of repair, fix them and sell them on. He loaned me one when I was home for spring vacation from college. It was fun shooting with it and comparing the results from my Nikon (this was circa 1968). I always liked the Nikon for modern features but the Leica with its light weight was wonderful to use.
I have a Leica M3 and a Rolleiflex Distagon all circa 1950's that my father, a once wedding photographer owned. You didn't have to be rich to buy them back then. But hey, it's a different world we live in now. Speaking of which, AI, l totally avoid it. I don't even use satnav on my phone or car. My street directory doesn't lose signal and it always gets you there. Long live the Luddites of this world!
I have an M4 I bought used a long time ago way back when film was THE way... I still love using it but I shoot a lot less film now purely due to cost factors.
Totally with you on the AI rant!! 😃🙌
All new technologies are "AI" until they are just a feature. Generative AI has improved my daily productivity. When the tools are used responsibly, good things can happen.
"All new technologies are 'AI' until they are just a feature" may be a bit reductive given the specific tech I am referring to pretty much takes all human produced knowledge and creativity and regurgitates stolen combinations of it back to you. It is not at all "intelligent" and cannot reason in the way we humans do.
The key word here is "responsibly" which I guess is better stated as morally. Maybe we should all agree on that definition.