The thing is, Marnie, at the moment, digital solves more problems than it creates. You want full control over yer photography? Shoot film, and go play in the dark. Wanna do colour? Lets not limit ourselves here. Devote a hundred and fifty square feet of your home to it, and go spend some money filling it with noisey equipment and smelly fluids. Some are even carcinogenic, and they come packaged with really cool chemicals that will take it into your body right through your skin. Sure, you can scan film, which gives you some control, but is a bastard solution at best, neither getting the best out of film, nor out of digitization. This ain't a Pentax issue, this is photography. Or whats left of it once the computers are done with it.
William Robb ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Pentax *ist D vs. Fujifilm S2 Pro: final update > >Back in the old days, we had to drudge around in dank, dark rooms, inhaling > rotten foul chemical fumes and bruising ourselves on things that go bump in > the night. > Having to make a few mouse clicks to an image file, and then complaining > about how hard it is doesn't carry very well with me. > > >William Robb > > I keep raising issues re DSLRs that some people may not like, but I feel they > are issues that need to be raised. Or answered -- especially if I am seeking > more knowledge. > > I have done a lot of work post processing to print the approx. 10 pics I have > printed thus far (scanned from slides -- well, 10 pics framed and on the > wall, forget how many rejected trials -- and don't know how many hours and hours, > days). > > So don't get huffy. :-) I am also ignorant here, admitted it. But I wanted to > know if one had to post process EVERYTHING, which would be extremely, > extremely tedious. Bill said not, which was good to hear. And I am glad to hear there > are batch processing methods, although I don't have PhotoShop, just Elements. > > Sorry, I am not going to turn into a mindless Pentax praiser. > > I am examining and being critical or semi-critical of all DSLRs. This is a > new technology that may have a way to go yet until MOST of us are happy with it. > And we have the right to critically examine new technology. And to hanker for > more. And think about what we'd like to see develop. We are part of the > process. A very important part. > > So, this "I used to walk ten miles to school through the snow" stuff doesn't > carry very well with me either, sir. > > Marnie aka Doe You get huffy, so can I. ;-) > > >
