> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 21:26:53 -0700
> From: "Alexander McLeod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: EOS Disruption...
>
> But now I have heard more and more about Canon going
> digital, etc. on this site.
Not only Canon. The days of film are counted. At least
as far as professional use is consi
This train of thought follows my own. Not everyone is going digital so soon.
I was at my local camera shop here in Tokyo and despite their interests in
making another sale by letting me convince myself I need some new camera
gear, they specifically recommended against going digital for my needs.
One thing you may (or may not) have missed is the wide angle
problem...that is, the D30/60 both crop the image area from 35mm film
and the effect is as if your lenses were 1.6x longer than they are with
35mm film.
This might screw up your "couple of pretty good lenses" especially if,
as seems to
--- Alexander McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
> I have a
> couple of pretty good lenses for my purposes:
> basically travel and ski
> photography. I had anticipated keeping my EOS 5 and
> getting a good scanner
> (FS4000US or CoolScan IV) and a printer like the
> Canon S900. I have a l
I have a Polaroid Sprint Scan 4000. Apart from scanning older negatives, it
does not do anything. I htink I have not used it in the last 3 months, and
shot 2 rolls of film in total (other then the wedding I shot). After I
started going digital, never went back. But then I do not do anything beyond
