Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-17 Thread Tim Øsleby
Digital photography has made me a much better lover. Instant feeback and all that ;-) Not really. But I'd like to beleave it has improved my photographic skills. MaritimTim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-14 Thread David J Brooks
I still shoot with fim in mind, meaning i don't machine gun and hope for the best. I think it has improved my "tough light" photos like back light and sunsets/rises. I can see what works right away, instead of waiting for the film and saying, "Oh crap" Dave On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Steve

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-13 Thread Steve Larson
Interesting, thanks Jostein Steve - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > Steve, > > Digital

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-13 Thread AlunFoto
Steve, Digital has not improved my skill. However it has improved my results. >From 2000-2003 I took about 100 rolls of film each year. Then I went digital. In 2004 I made about 3500 shots, so I didn't change my habits one bit the first year. 2005 and 2006 saw a slight increase, probably towards 4

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Steve Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't > beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off > 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog heaven. I > guess the point I am trying

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-11 Thread Steve Larson
lol Boris Steve - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > Hi! > > Steve, I just rec

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Steve, I just recently looked through my film photos, notably those that I've taken with 6x6 folder camera. My initial reaction was that now I am considerably weaker photographer than I was before. But then I reconsidered. So, my answer is "yes and no". ;-). Boris Steve Larson wrote: >

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-11 Thread Steve Larson
8 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > Steves question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > > No, but it's given me a new skill - chimping. > > Regards, > Bob... > ---

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Bob Blakely
Steves question: Has digital photography improved your skills? No, but it's given me a new skill - chimping. Regards, Bob... - The original point and click interface was a Colt 45. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread P. J. Alling
> - Original Message - > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > > > >> - Original Mes

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
liam Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:39 PM > Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Larson&qu

RE: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
co -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? A 35mm lens presents your traditional normal FoV. Godfr

RE: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
seems to me that with the instant feedback that digital provides when you make changes, especially in lighting, and particularly flash lighting, there is NO WAY using digital cannot improve your photographic skills. You get way more feedback, just like HENDRIX. jco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
; From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > > >> >> - Original Message - >> Fr

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Jack Davis
Paul's looking for any excuse..huh, Cotty? Jack --- On Sat, 5/10/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > To: "pentax list" > Date: Saturday, Ma

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Addressing the question in the subject line first: I had to think about that a bit, but then decided that yes, digital photography has improved my skills, just not in a direction I would have chosen. Specifically, it has improved my ability to work with a point-and-shoot camera, and more specific

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Larson
oh man, I always wanted a 35/2. Guess I'll put it on the end of the wish list. Steve - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital p

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Steve Larson Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > ah, thank you sir. After I sent that I was thinking LTD. If you can find an FA 35/2, it is a very nice normal lens on Pentax DSLR. The 31 is a somewhat better lens

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Larson
gital photography improved your skills? > > - Original Message - > From: "Steve Larson" > Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > > >> indeed :) >> btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? >> > >

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > indeed :) > btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? > 31mm LTD. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/5/08, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unleashed: >indeed :) >btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? Over to bill... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Larson
indeed :) btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? Steve - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photog

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > Thanks you all, still seems you get what you put into it. The more things change, the more they stay the same. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Larson
Thanks you all, still seems you get what you put into it. Steve -- 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.

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Steve Larson
lol, hiya Cotty - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > On 10/5/08, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unl

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/5/08, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >Digital requires discipline. Mark!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/5/08, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unleashed: >The wife blew off .. >she is in hog heaven. Goodness me I thought this was a family list ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Sat, 10 May 2008 05:17:42 -0700 Steve Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I > guess the point I am trying to get across > is if you have the ability to fire 20 shots at the same subject, are > you going to take the same amount of set-up > time for f/stop, exposure, background, composition, et

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
Steve, For myself, I would say yes, digital has improved my skills - the results I get are better! I watched the pdml as digital became available, and the posted pictures got better. People were learning faster because of the instant feedback. It convinced me to buy a *istDS and I've not looked ba

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" Subject: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? > Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't > beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off > 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in h

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Jack Davis
I'm taking many more pictures, but, generally, in a more casual manner. The K10D's handling of a variety of lighting situations is continuously intriguing. Experience with the technology has a positive effect on the end product, but, obviously, may only be so as it relates to my eye. Jack --

RE: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Hi Steve, I own a K20d for just about one month, but I feel that I wasted a lot of time in the learning curve of photography while in film. The ability of checking what you have done and if it was the picture you saw before you took the shot, did improve my photo results in the way I always wanted

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread P. J. Alling
I do, (though some would say the results are still lousy), but what you do is up to you. Steve Larson wrote: > Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't > beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off > 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog heav

RE: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Bob W
> Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. > If you can't > beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off > 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog > heaven. I > guess the point I am trying to get across > is if you have the ability to fire 20 shots at the s

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread David Savage
>From not form. Cheers, Dave 2008/5/10 David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, but my skills had grown rusty form not being used for so long > before I got my *istD. > > Cheers, > > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread David Savage
Yes, but my skills had grown rusty form not being used for so long before I got my *istD. Cheers, Dave 2008/5/10 Steve Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't > beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off > 87 snaps yesterday at a scho

Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?

2008-05-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Digital requires discipline. Just apply the same level of thought and planning that you would when shooting film. Sometimes I pretend I'm shooting with the 6x7 and have only ten exposures to work with. It's all a matter of mindset. If you achieve that mental discipline, digital will prove t