Shel Belinkoff wrote: Marnie & Shel,
> Digital photography can provide instant gratification. One > of the most often heard comments here and in other places is > that people like the idea of seeing their photos immediately. Sure. Taking pictures of books or whatever for eBay or pictures which may be far from technical wonders, but capture the moment to be sent to relatives or whoever by e-mail for immediate reaction. > They can edit on the LCD display immediately after the photo > is taken. Moving to the "darkroom" side of the equation, a > great many people do little or no editing of their photos, > small tweaks at most, such as cropping, a little color > correction, and that's about it. Instant! More advanced > folks use more features in their editing software, but still > don't go very far into it. And a skilled PS user can get a > good result in less time than it'll take to set up the > darkroom for a printing session and make some prints. This is the artist coming out in you, Shel. People who will go this far have digital SLRs. The huge bulk of sales to P & S digital cameras, who will take the same crappy pictures with their fingers over the lens as they did with film. They will just get the results quicker. Those who do try PS without the camera skills in place will produce enhanced crap. > Yeah, some folks spend a long time on their photo work, but > I'll bet that, had they used a darkroom previously, they > spent a long time there, too, in order to get a print just > right. And regardless of what work one does with editing > software, the pic can be viewed on the screen and printed in > less than five minutes from the time the exposure is made. > And that includes boot up time <LOL> On the skill of folk on PDML, yes - they are great photographers and will go that extra mile. Everybody else sees film as hassle and digital as the new Polaroid. Malcolm
