I repeat all those who are going digital should form their own list. When I joined the list digital wasn't even a topic. You were film before you made the choice to jump to digital. Therefore you make the switch. I could care less if you have a Epson 1270 printer for your professional work. I note that you no longer have patience to get your processing done like most on this list (I assume). Last I heard patience is a virtue. You lost it somewhere.
No one is using film anymore? Last I checked with a couple of processors I take my work to film still is coming in. Looks like you have photographer friends who no longer use film. They must be using the high end digitals from Canon or Nikon. You should join them and then you can quietly move to another list to discuss digital exclusively and laugh at us film users who don't know any better. Jim A. > From: Cameron Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:50:03 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Next Pentax Flagship Camera? > > Jim A. wrote: >> >> I would like those who are salivating for a Pentax dslr to form their own >> list so that those of us who are contented film users can live in peace >> without all the digital stuff intruding. >> >> Jim A. > > Writes Jim, digitally. > > Jim, get a grip. Form your own list of film only shooters. While you're > at it, why don't you use snail mail instead of email. You could have a nice > tight group of Pentax film-only penpals, and you could start a stamp > collection to boot. > > 99% of my shooting now gets digitized: I scan it in for personal use, to > do enlargements on my Epson 1270 printer, and for my professional work like > cd covers, video boxes, ads, labels, business cards, brochures, take out > menus, trade show booths, and the odd cover. I have thousands of rolls of > print and slide film, which I am probably not going to use again, sitting in > boxes waiting to get organized, but I just couldn't be bothered. > > If I had a digital camera, it could all be archived for easy retrieval > on CD alphabetically, by date, by scene, by subject, or all of the above, > instantly, and repeatably. Quite often my shoots are on the weekend when the > good labs are closed; I have to wait until monday to take them in, when > everyone else does, and have to make two trips downtown, one to drop them > off, and another to pick them up. Also, there is the expense of the film, > the developing, the running around in the car, the time involved, all for > one or two good shots. Not to mention the worry of never really knowing if > you got the right shot or not, no matter how good you think your technique > is. With a good digital, I could have most of my work finished before monday > morning rolls around, and concern myself more with picking up the cheque. > Not to mention the environmental impact of all those chemicals used in > making my image. > > Digital is here, now; it is not going to go away. Sticking with Pentax > is now costing me hundreds of dollars a month, and I rarely do any shooting > for my own enjoyment and/or personal growth because each roll is costing me > $30.00, at least, not including my time driving downtown. I just no longer > feel like spending that money or that time when I know I shouldn't really > have to, if only the goddamn camera company I have been supporting for the > last ten years would make the appropriate, up to date equipment for our > needs. Even if I blast a roll on my own, I then have to scan them in, do > hours and hours of touching up of digital artifacts which don't really > happen in a good digital camera, and I still wind up backing it all up on > CD. The thought of dumping them all in the computer quickly via firewire, > and for that matter, deleting the bad shots on site and only keeping the > good ones, and having great insight into what effect the flash, filters, > etc., are having on the image is so appealing, indeed almost necessary these > days to stay competitive. Talking to other photographers is somewhat > embarrassing because they can't believe I haven't gone digital yet. Almost > no one is using film anymore; have you seen a max rez shot from a new high > end Canon or Nikon digital? A lot of pros are dumping their medium format > stuff for it. And it is only going to get better. And Pentax is only going > to get further and further behind. > > I reiterate, their new camera better be bloody good, or there will be a > LOT of nice FA* lenses on the market. And they had better introduce a decent > flash or two to match, because a guide number of 30 (barely) just doesn't > cut it for me, or for anyone who is serious. Not two mention the gaps in > their high end lens lineup. > > > Cameron > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
