margaret lucas <maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > okay, so i shot without teh focus (again...). please accept my > apologies Per. one single malt coming your way. my question > remains. why is there so much dick'eadery about digital? or am i > hallucinating again? it never happened? no one pokes fun at digital? > no implies there is some sort of character defect if you don't use > film? I have no idea. In the broader context of the Internet in general, I certainly observe a lot of it, and I've never understood why. I understand perfectly well people not rushing to spend extra money and change processes that have worked for them for years. That's completely different from a lot of the total non-rational rejection of digital imaging that I see. There are certainly many niches where film is easier, cheaper, or in other ways "better" than digital as of today (especially if you already own the film-based equipment), and many of those people will be best-served by continuing to work with film for some time yet. I'm not prepared to accuse any individual here of having a totally irrational rejection of digital imaging, so I can't ask anybody to try to explain why they feel that way. I imagine some people still shooting film are thinking digital *might* work better for them, but are unwilling to spend the time and money to make the change and find out right now. And probably some people expect that digital *will* become right for them in the next few years, but aren't ready to spend the time and money to make the leap now. That kind of conservatism is *entirely* rational, and I have no quarrel with it in general. Personally, I've been shooting mostly digitally since 2000, and working with my film images scanned into the computer for at least 5 years before that. It suits my needs excellently. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
