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 >> >
