[PRCo] Re: Cameras

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Fri Jan 5 09:59:50 EST 2007


I remember the first time I went up to Toronto, John lead me around  
the city by the arm on a Saturday ... back and forth ... back and  
forth ... he simply knew where to go when the sun was best at each  
location.  That was 1969 and I went back five or six times that  
year.   Probably had a lot to do with why my first wife threw me  
out.   "Que Sera, Sera"
On Jan 5, 2007, at 5:29 AM, Jim Holland wrote:

> Fred Schneider wrote:
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>> That statement was "Wouldn't it be nice to have in 1940, 1950 and
>> 1960 ..."
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>> I know Jim.       And I'm grinning as I write this.       Digital is
>> marvelous.       I've seen some fantastic stuff that John Bromley has
>> shot in the last couple of years in Europe on digital with his  
>> Nikons.
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> .
> YES!       John Bromley has an  Incredible  Gift  when it comes to
> photography  --  All  Aspects.       It would be impossible to list  
> all
> his attributes here.       I think he was in the wrong position
> professionally, but maybe his gifts in photography were sharpened from
> pressures of the other job!!!
> .
> The modern  DigiCams  are absolutely incredible    ----    I just  
> don't
> have the interest to jump through all the hoops of the learning
> curve.       Last serious photography I did is with the TrolleyCar
> festivals that led up to the F-line.       I knew the pattern of  
> the sun
> Extremely well and would work my way along Market each weekend taking
> photos.       Then the battery compartment of my Topcon fell out and I
> never got it repaired!!       Photography is history!!
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> Jim___Holland
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