Every once in a post I stumble across links to great sites on photo technique. I'd like to dedicate this thread to sort of an archive for easier reference.

Hope you'll enjoy this and participate. For everybody to make the links "clickable": copy and paste the HTML below in your post, then substitute my text with the URL and the name of the link you're proposing:

<A HREF="Substitute this text by the URL you're proposing">Substitute this text by the name of your link</A>

To make a start I'm proposing An interactive course on photographic principles in German - sorry that it's in German only, but it is so well done and informative. Just in case, you might contact Herr Striewisch and volunteer for a translation... ;o)

Enjoy

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), August 31, 2001

Answers

Hi, Lutz:

While I think that yours is a great idea and I'll make my contribution each time I happen to find something worth posting I can't agree with your posting of a site that is written in German which, para la mayoría de nosotros, es, por lo menos, tan complicado de entender como si estuviera escrito en Español, right . . .?

By the way, your own photos could be called "Al paso" in Spanish. I contribute this for you to use if you wish given the fact that you already christened them in English and French too.

Language is a real problem in the WEB, isn't it ? I think this is the more powerful means ever to make English kind of a "universal" language. At least in my modest opinion it happens to be far easier to learn to a decent level than German (I took two semesters at the University but wasn't able to learn enough not even for any easy practical usage beyond telling "Ich sprache nicht Deutsch"), French or Spanish not to mention the oriental languages, of course . . .

Regards, Lutz, and have fun !

-Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), September 01, 2001.

Hi Ivan and la mayoria de nosotros,

sono d'accordo con la piu parte di quello che scrivi, tranne forse il rimprovero per aver messo a disposizione un "link" in lingua tedesca. Because 1) I already apologized for that, 2) there are German reading individuals on the net, some of which might like Leicas and even the information provided. ;o)

Yes, you are right. Language is an issue for the web. Just imagine how much information we are missing, just because we aren't able to even < B>search for it. (Have you ever tried to look up the language choices offered by Google - and imagined the many which are not?) A Swiss ad campaign provoked by stating that by the year 2009 more than half of the internet content might be in Chinese. Now, how would that relate to English becoming the global language, once for good? (Well, sometimes the earth rotates around the sun, and not viceversa...;o) I think languages are a challenge - and a chance. They are as vital for cultural identity and variety as standards are for the precise exchange of information. I hope the day our planet will be globalized to the extent of "Newspeak" is still far ahead...

Getting back to the original purpose of this thread - I intended to create a commented, magazine-like pool of knowledge and inspiration as far as technical issues are concerned. I'm curious to see if and how it grows and will be happy to find links to sites in English, too, one fine day... In the meantime I'm learning a lot on how this forum ticks. That it is kind of difficult (and may-be even counterproductive) to keep a thread on track and sober from ramification, that there is just a subtle and not precisely defined line between chat room and archive quality reference point. But it sure is inspiring to meet here and though it is eating up quite a part of my spare time I'm happy to share it with you and la mayoria de nosotros,

Cheers

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), September 03, 2001.

Hi, Lutz:

Touché. Tu a du la raison et ca que tu dit est vraiment important.

I usually think the same way about being able to keep our cultural differences alive though the difficult it could be with Mr. McDonald being at home all over the planet. I assume my previous posting was due only to my frustration of not being able to learn German to any usable extent. It is the same about music: though the much I like it (Bach's celo music is my favorite nowadays) I can't read it and it makes me feel kind of illiterate.

Now the chinese made me feel scared. If I couldn't learn German what would it be like about Chinese !!

But things could change in my favor and la mayoría de nosotros' too: Spanish still is the language more people speak in the World (Chinese, you know, is not a single language; Mandarine and Cantonese are the main branches only . . .) In fact, I have been very surprised noting public signs written in Spanish in more and more places in the States. But I assume that latin countries' technological lag will preclude Spanish from dominating the WEB. Chinese is far more probable, I guess.

But in the mean time I'll continue dreaming of learning German and playing classical guitar but still being able to communicate with friends like you in a common language though not his neither mine !

But now I'm afraid that somebody could complaint because of this long non-Leica issue. So, friends, please excuse me for one time.

Saludos muy atentos, Lutz. Y pásalo bien.

Aufwiedersehen ! -Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), September 03, 2001.