Howard wrote:
Oh no not this old argument again! My memory suggests that all these
points have been argued over and over before.
I went digital because:
I was traveling by air a lot and it is easier to get a DSLR through
secuity that a film body and film......
I'm not a trained darkroom technician.
Not trained because you haven't worked in one. Thats like saying I'm a
salesman and not a brain surgeon because I didn't go to medical school.
I don't want to spend zillions of hours in a messy smelly darkroom.
They're not smelly. Or I'm accustomed to the smell.....
I can produce much better prints - and more and cheaper- with digital
than I ever could with film AND with far less effort.
I can afford to be generous with the actual taking of pictures at
virtually no cost to myself.
The cameras cost cancel each other. Film cost a few $$$ while the
digital media is reusable. I wonder where you get your ink for the
photo printer thats makes digital prints cheaper. My local Costco lab
charges the same for film based prints and digital prints. So the only
cost advantage is no film. Oh yeah, then there is the cost of the photo
printer. And the paper, a wash since you need paper in the darkroom
too. And the computer to process the images with, oh yeah, the photo
software.
Far less effort - - - You have the effort of printing in the darkroom
or the effort of sitting in front of the computer and staring at the
display.
And I do like being able to check I've got what I want rather than
wait until I've got the negatives / slides / prints available.
Oh yeah, I can get my prints in about an hour from more places than I
can buy Bass Ale.
When I was shooting with my trusty Olympus OM-1 setup and using the same
film for a few years I pretty much knew what I was going to see on paper
because I knew my OM-1 and I knew the film. The same was true when I
switched to the Canon EOS system. After a short learning curve I knew
what I was going to see on paper because I knew the camera and film.
The other thing with film is I took the time, sometimes just a second ot
two, to think about and compose the shot. So while I may have shot a
roll of 36 I was comfortable that I would get the usable shots I
wanted. With digital I can think about how a Meteor Gray Metallic
Porsche 911 GT3 RS would look with my call letter license plates on it
while holding the button on the DSLR and shooting 179 or so shots
knowing I'll probably get what what I want..
But if someone wants to use film then that's fine by me. It doesn't
matter.
I've still got my film gear. I plan on using it (especially B&W) more
when I've retired, whenever that will be.
Either way I doubt if anyone will keep more than a fraction of my
photos when I've kicked the bucket!
Same here......
Bob
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