Of course, that would require learning a bunch of technical stuff ... might be daunting at first. And then there's the computer upgrade, learning PS, getting the results printed .... For some making the transition to digital may be quite an expensive and time consuming undertaking. That would require some serious thought as to the direction they want to go in photography.
Shel > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dumping the film cameras and buying a DSLR is probably not such a bad idea. > > So, Frank, if you wanna be a "photographer," maybe you should dump the film > > cams and buy a DSLR. > > > > Shel > > > > Frank wrote: > > > > > Along the lines of what you're saying, when I first > > > quit my job a month or so ago, I was thinking, "here's > > > my chance to do what I love - I'll be a photographer!" > > > > > > Then I realized that without digital I've been left > > > behind. Even little a**-wipe weekly rags have gone > > > digital these days. They don't hire staff photogs > > > (since the editor is also the reporter and > > > photographer), so the best I could do is freelance. > > > And, they don't want negs or prints, they want > > > digital. > > > > > > So about all I can do with film is continue to take > > > whatever silly little photos I take, and maybe they'll > > > end up on the wall of a cafe or restaurant or small > > > insignificant gallery, and people will go "oooooh" and > > > "aaaaaah", and if I'm lucky I'll sell one or two, and > > > I'll end up losing a couple hundred dollars on the > > > show. > > > > > > Or, I could go to a publisher, who would steer me to > > > their vanity press subsidiary, and for a couple of > > > thousand bucks I could get a run of several hundred > > > books which would likely be very poor quality anyway, > > > which I'd schlepp from store to store who wouldn't > > > want to even take the crap on consignment, so I'd sell > > > maybe 10 volumes to relatives. > > > > > > That's all film will get ya these days. > > > > > > Without digital, all ya got is a hobby. A wonderful, > > > fulfilling hobby to be sure, but nothing more than > > > that. > > > >
