Malcolm, I share some of your feelings on digital photos devaluing the process. Shooting my final roll of Kodachrome re-enforced the feeling. But you can change that next year. One Sunday morning, Mark Cassino (snowflakes) came to Chicago and shot with Mark Roberts and me. We used similar cameras and lenses, but Mark's shots looked so much better because of the care he took. I learned that digital lets you take lots of shots, but doesn't make good photography any easier, or quicker. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Malcolm Smith <rrve...@virginmedia.com> wrote: >> Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> I did the same thing a while back. Earlier on, I had a hard time with >> digital. I think the "take as many as you want" devalued the pictures >> in my mind. The most difficult part, however, was adjusting to the >> lack of prints. It makes no sense since you can have them done at >> Walmart if you like, but you had to do it with film whereas it felt >> like a waste of money with jpgs. One of my favorite parts of the the >> PDML is that you do have a place to show your pictures, and that >> provides a nudge to complete the process and get your shots to the >> "show the world" stage. > > It took a while for me to really take digital photography seriously, as a > 'proper' film replacement. I used to go out and take a number of photos of > an area or scene that I wanted, look at them on the computer and then go > back the following day to take the real ones in slide film with an LX. This > year has been the first in 30+ years without a slide show at Christmas. It > isn't I've not wanted to take digital on seriously, most of my work has no > urgency of immediate result, and I've enjoyed waiting for things to come > back from development. However, the world has moved on and with much > reluctance, as film processing is joining the list of technology past, I > have little choice but to join in. I've certainly found the ability to share > photos instantly useful, but more for swapping hints on repairing or doing > things - particularly when I was working on the garden recently, rather than > aiming for quality photography. This is a trap I've got to get out of this > coming year, as the criteria has only been if it shows what it needs to show > for the purpose of the query. That doesn't make for stunning picture > quality. > > Christine suggested a K-5 as a back-up camera, which I am now in need of. I > think that is the only camera on the short list at present. I have actually > used a Kx, but I much prefer the feel of the K-7. This is more research than > usually gets done, as the past & present DSLRs I've owned, I've seen for the > first time when they have arrived by delivery. > > Lots more PDML mail to catch up on....all the best for 2011 folks. > > Malcolm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
