Personally, I am waiting with anticipation to see what Pentax's digital SLR
offering will be (will it ever come?) before I take the plunge with any
half-hearted solutions. A few weekends ago, I spent the weekend at the track
with my brother's Canon D30 shooting handheld with his 80-200/2.8.
http://www.lumine.net/driving/motegi/
It was my first outing with his camera so there was a lot to learn; the best
thing was that I was able to shoot freely with his Microdrive inside (1GB
storage, equivalent to several thousand shots).Yes, quantity does not equal
quality, but practice sure does make perfect, especially when you can shoot,
shoot, and shoot again without worrying about how much film you have left or
what it will cost to get all the rolls developed.
All in all, I shot about 500 shots with a huge amount going into the Trash
but at least next time, I know what I should and shouldn't be doing!
Cheers,
Jeff
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:48:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicholas Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Digital Film (WAS: RE: CCD back for Pentax?)
- --- Isaac Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The biggest problem with this approach is that you
> give up some of the
> most positive features of digital photography...
> instant viewing,
> adjustable white balance, removable media, editing
> in camera, and
> instant wysiwyg for things like exposure
> compensation. If you're willing
> to put up with the inferior image quality of
> digital, you should at
> least get to use the positives of that medium!:-)
>
> Isaac
First of all, I never said it was a perfect option;
just a viable one. And for $700 if/when it is made for
the z1p I will have one in my bag. :) But I really
think that the limitations are really, imo, not really
limitations. It's like the site says, "film, but
digital." The main reasons that I prefer digital over
film is; 1) Elimination of waste no chemicals, little
packaging, reusability, etc; 2) Reduction of cost and
time. This unit fulfills those needs. But, I think, it
is a technology a little ahead of it's time. It does
need work.
Nick
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