frank theriault wrote: > On Feb 8, 2008 4:36 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> When Christie and I got the 750z I think I made a statement along the >> lines of "I don't see a need for color film, anymore." Christie got a >> K100D right after they came out and I started reaching for that for >> quick snapshots. (I still do.) Shortly thereafter I got a K10D and >> used that exclusively for several months. I certainly can't complain >> about the camera. >> >> What I missed was the black and white process. Saint Ansel referred to >> it as "donkey work". I also missed the tactile aspects of film in >> general - putting slides in the trays, sleeving the negatives, etc. >> Editing on a computer screen sucks, at least for me. It's even less fun >> when I have to scan those slides and negatives, but at least I get to do >> the touchy-feely part of photography that I really like. I no longer own >> the K10D. >> >> I suppose the end result should be the driving factor, and that the >> stuff in the middle shouldn't really matter. But for me that part in >> the middle is the most fun. I'll try the digital thing again when >> traditional black and white film, chemicals, and paper becomes too >> inconvenient to purchase. >> > > I've never done darkroom work. Not since high school anyway - and > that's so long ago that it's quite prehistoric. I didn't like it then > and I've never had the urge to start doing it. I know, "every ~real~ > photographer should experience the darkroom process, yadda yadda > yadda", and that may be true, but I never really did. Derive from > that what you will. > > Beyond that, I enjoyed holding film up to the light, looking at an > identifiable image; it made my work seem more tangible and real. > This stuff about pixels hiding on discs, drives and solid-state cards > spooks me a bit. > > OTOH, getting home from shooting, sticking the card in the computer > and seeing screen-sized renditions of shots taken as recently as > minutes ago is quite exhilarating - an instant gratification that film > can never match. > > I enjoyed having my film in sleeves, those sleeves in binders, those > binders on a bookshelf, waiting for me to look at them. I didn't like > shuffling through binders and binders, looking for that one frame that > "I know I took, I just don't know when and what roll it was on". > Sounds like shuffling through subdirectories of thumbnails looking for that one capture I know I took but I can't remember exactly when... > Finding stuff in computer files is way easier. > > I guess what I'm saying is that, yes, there are things I like about > film, but I'm finding there are things I like about digital, too. > Right now, the convenience and price of digital outweighs whatever > image quality advantages there might be with film (and keep in mind > that as I continue to work with PS, that gap will likely diminish). > > I never thought I'd hear myself make that admission... > > cheers, > frank > >
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