The Leitz family

[Walt's Daughter]

Chuck:

 

Didn't know you had a Leitz. Very cool.

 

You see Lee and I are camera buffs and have several different kinds. We have all different formats and wouldn't give up any of them. I too love my digital. It's handy, great for sharing pics and a wonderful tool for the web, but it doesn't compare to my Canon 35 mm's with multiple lenses and filters.

 

While the digital is cool for "I gotta get this right now", the photos do not and cannot compare to our FILM cameras. When I'm taking photos of my garden and want close ups or want to get the depth of field, the Canons come out.

 

It's funny when we take photos to show people most ask, "Why don't our photos look like yours?" or "How do you get the background all 'fuzzy' and the faces so sharp?" Easy, use a 35 and take advantage of depth of field, speed, etc. Makes a huge difference. One of our friends says, "You guys takes photos, we take snapshots!" That about sums it up.

 

I'll tell ya about my other camera's someday too.

 

Oh the flash thing! God, people crack me up. Lee and I just about die laughing when you see people take photos at stadiums, etc. All these flashes are going off and when they get their pics home... Well you know. They don't realize that flash doesn't travel that far and has a very quick drop off rate. So in other words, it ain't gonna do the trick sweetheart. USELESS!

 

We have some cool photos that I took when I was going to EMU. Set up the tripod on Washtenaw Ave at night on a nice curve in the road. Ya, you can picture it right? Too cool. So many things you can do with a REAL camera.

 

So while I love my digitals (and there getting better all the time), nothing compares to film cameras. As Lee was trying to explain to several folks, digital only goes down to the pixel, film is molecular. You ain't gonna get sharpness and crispness with digitals. Can't argue with molecules!

 

Glad you enjoyed the article and that it brought back some great memories.