Oh, no. Not another analog & digital thread!

RezaLoghme

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Maybe worth a challenge - post phone pics (of contemporary iphones, not 2003 Motorolers), and Leica APO-Summicron / M11. And see if someone can spot the difference. Heresay!
 

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Isn't it the Red Green cel phone camera?
You probably can guess how the lens is attached to it.
 

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RezaLoghme said:
Modern phones are surprisingly good cameras, by the way.
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But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated.
 

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What I do know is that if you're suffering from asthma and you want to photograph the scenery in the mountains, a Barnack Leica is a whole lot more suitable than that rhino horn of a lens. Which, of course, was pretty much the point of the Barnack Leica to begin with.
 

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But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated than a phone, someone said above.

On my phone, I press one button, and it takes a photograph. A Barnack Leica requires a few more steps.
 

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RezaLoghme said:
But a Barnack Leica is 1000 times more tactile and far less complicated than a phone, someone said above.

On my phone, I press one button, and it takes a photograph. A Barnack Leica requires a few more steps.
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But a Barnack Leica uses the physical integrity of film and you are dissengaged from what your phone is doing on your behalf. After taking the picture you view what your phone has captured. I'm confident I know what a Barnack camera has captured.
 

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cliveh said:
But a Barnack Leica uses the physical integrity of film and you are dissengaged from what your phone is doing on your behalf. After taking the picture you view what your phone has captured. I'm confident I know what a Barnack camera has captured.
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The picture and the story it tells is all that matters.

How you choose to get there is irrelevant.

Some choose higher levels of pain compared to others who choose the easy road.
Whatever floats your boat.
 
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