OK - here I'll argue a point just to hear myself...
Shooting a landscape with an SLR on a tripod is useful for the same reason as putting any camera on a tripod... stability... a more deliberate composition... works especialy well with a ballhead IMO.
Tom C.
From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:11:11 -0400
sure you CAN do landscape on a P67, but WHY? LF is cheaper and better and lighter. Using an SLR for landscape when the camera is fixed on a tripod doesn't make much sense to me. Of course you would use manual focus regardless of format. Autofocus is for grab shots when you are in a hurry or cant focus fast enough to action. That is exact opposite of landscape photography. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?
Followup... actually I'd like to try 4 X 5. I do think one can 'craft' a shot regardless of format. That's why I think going to a 67 and all manual focus will help in that regard.
Tom C.
>From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:39:46 -0600 > >>From: "John C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>4x5 is a far superior image quality SYSTEM, it is not because the >>lenses are better, actually some of them are worse than the P67 >>lenses, it is just that the film size is so big you don't need as much
>>lens resolution to end up overall much sharper than P67. Add to that >>the fact that film grain is way less visible with the bigger negs and >>4x5 pretty much destroys p67 for landscape photography. >> >>I don't mean to sound harsh but your reply seems to be based on all >>the classic myths and sterotypes associated with LF by people who have
>>never done any LF photography. >> >>JCO > >You are correct... I have never done LF firsthand, or MF for that >matter. >Here's the thing... let's say my personal "Keeper shots/Shots taken Ratio" >is 1/36, or approximately one per roll (yeah, if I'm lucky). If I go out >and shoot 100 frames of 35mm, I might come back with 3 keepers. If I were >to only take 20 images on an outing I could come back with nothing worth >keeping... what % of your 4 x 5 shots are throwaway? > >Tom C. > >
