Recently retired as a library assistant.  I shoot 35mm using an LX and ES
II.  Use a 645 Pentax for my medium format stuff, mainly weddings.  Would
have gone with a *ist D but it had a crippled mount, as some obeservers have
noted.  I love shooting with slide film as opposed to prints.

Jim A.

> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:31:12 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: where are you ? and digital vs film
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:31:19 -0500
> 
> Former teacher,  an advertising writer fpr the last 20  years. I shoot
> for magazines and stock. I'm still shooting film, because my clients
> need 40 meg files. Much of my work is with Pentax 6x7, some with LX and
> MX 135. Currently my walkaround fun camera is a Leica iiif RD. I will
> go digital when I can get 10 megapixels for less than $500. I figure
> about 18 months.
> Paul Stenquist
> On Thursday, November 27, 2003, at 01:22 PM, Larry Hodgson wrote:
> 
>> Hi all:
>> 
>> One of the neat things that we did on another unrelated discussion
>> group was
>> give a little bio on who we are,
>> what we do, and where we live. I would like to know something about
>> this
>> group so I will start it:
>> 
>> I live in Prescott Arziona USA. This is beautiful desert and canyon
>> country.
>> I'm 63 years old and have been
>> doing landscape photography for 40 years. I started out with a
>> Spotmatic. I
>> recently got an *ist D and I love it.
>> In between I went the 4x5 route and still have that equipment, but most
>> likely I will never go back. I am a
>> Land Surveyor by trade.
>> 
>> On the subject of film resolution vs digital resolution I can get
>> whatever
>> digital resolution I need simply by using a longer lens, taking
>> overlapping images of my landscapes and stitching them together using
>> stitching software to make whatever size image I need. Their is also
>> Genuine Fractals software that will enlarge this even more. I have a
>> 24"x36"
>> image hanging in my office that almost looks like it's from 4x5.
>> It was actually taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5700. Should be even
>> better with my "*ist D".
>> 
>> Now I know that some landscapes are the perfect subject for this
>> technique
>> and
>> that action shots etc. would not work.
>> But it works well for me.
>> 
>> Your bio and thoughts on this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Larry
>> 
> 

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