As a matter of fact, whether you like it or leave it, the photographic industry is now digital. That is, all the photojournalists and almost all commercial and industrial photographers I know, shoot their work exclusively on digital cameras. Most ad agencies wouldn't know what to do with a transparency. (Tongue in cheek) Make of that what you will. Herschel >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner- >>photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet >>Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:21 PM >>To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >>Subject: Re: Photographers Still Using Film >> >>Don Feinberg wrote: >> >>> That's why I intend to be shooting film for the foreseeable future. >>> >>> >> >>Those are good reasons (I read them as "I know how to get the results I >>like", "It doesn't generate enough income to justify expensive new >>equipment", "I like doing it this way"; not that that's complete). >> >>I've been developing software professionally since 1969; the first few >>months of that first part-time job paid for my first SLR, and, arguably, >>the programming work has barely been keeping up with the photo bills >>ever since :-). But I've found that digital printing, and then digital >>capture, have massively revitalized my interest in photography. Then >>again, I've always loved computers, I play around with them when I'm not >>working with them. This also means that the home computer costs don't >>mostly get charged against "photography"; except a few printers and some >>of the storage. >> >>-- >>David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ >>Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ >>Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ >>Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
