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Sure, read the article.
Then tell us how the guy with the speed graphic would cope with the case
mentioned in the comparison, where the podium was 200' away.
The same way the digital guy would. Get what he needed from the pool, or rent it. Most likely the press guy would have a 90mm, a 127 or 135mm, and a 380mm in his kit. Remember he could crop out a 35mm sized image from that 4x5 negative if he needed to. So his lens kit was the equivalent of 21mm to 400mm with a 35mm camera.
Or what he
would do in the case of equipment failure - the digital outfit includes two bodies, not just one.
Strangely equipment failure was not all that common back then. Each lens had its own shutter so if the shutter failed you just switched lenses. Not much else could go wrong that would cripple the camera. Sync cords were unreliable, so you just carried a spare. Batteries for the flash didn't last long so you carried an extra set. They mostly used 12-16 exposure film packs. In the unlikely event that jammed you just tossed it in you bag to deal with later in the darkroom, and loaded another.
If your digital gets fried, most likely you not only can not continue working, you also will probably lose all the shots you have taken. Things get more convenient as time goes by, but they also get more unreliable.
Billions of wonderful photos were taken before a single one of those features you seem to think you can not do without was invented. I guess folks must have been smarter in the old days (grin).
By all means perform a comparison - just not apples to oranges.
Well, in the current world for a working pro that satellite phone mentioned in the first sentence makes all the difference. For the rest of us, we can use what we like. Just don't get to thinking your way is the only way.
I have to laugh at some of the ideas that folks have about what they never have used.
I had an interesting link to an article about photojournalists comparing a Speed Graphic kit to a Canon Digital kit. The Speed Graphic kit weigthed 17lbs. The digital kit is 59lbs.
Ah, found the link.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/020726.htm
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