Digital BW, The Print

To quote one of the best equine veterinarians in the world, Dane 
Frazier, DVM, PhD; "Study principles, not methods. The mind that grasps 
principles will devise its own methods." Dane made this comment in a 
clinic he was giving or people involved in long distance (50 miles to 
100 miles) horse racing - one of my prime passions in life along with 
photography. But it applies to anything you do in life.

If one doesn't understand the underling principles they will be limited 
in what they can do.  To understand an use the principles one does not 
have to know the formulas, details in the chemistry of developer X vs. 
developer Y, but one needs to know there is a difference and to have a 
"feel," (we mathematicians/physicists call it intuition), for what will 
happen.

The photographic process is not a black box - it is not magic - and if a 
person treates it like a black box they will be limited by your lack of 
understanding.  I am not sure it's artist vs. techies. I noticed a vast 
difference in the students that came to me in college in the early 80 
vs. those just 5 years earlier. The students in the early to mid 70's 
knew principles and were able to reason. The students starting about 82, 
knew fact and there ability to reason with those facts were limited - 
they weren't taught to do so. They didn't learn that the key to an 
education is learning how to learn. I see this all to often these days.

Truman

Peter Nelson wrote:

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ernst Dinkla" 
><E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
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>>The people that are using digital Canon D1's, Sinar backs on
>>Sinars and Hasselblads write that few of their old lenses can
>>cope with the quality of the sensors.
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>Some of us got into photography from the technical side such as 
>science and engineering. (I started off doing astrophotography and 
>eventually graduated to other subjects such as studio nudes)   Other 
>photographers started off as art majors.
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