----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Why start digital if you never used digital before? You have to > start everything at some point don't you? huh? sure, but I have no interest in "fine grained B&W" (see below) > Never shoot BW? No, I've shot countless rolls of Tri-X, I've never shot Tech Pan. > Oh I see, but what if you wanted to try? By selling > ALL your film bodies and saying "never use film again" you have > burned your bridges and limited your creative possiblities. To me, > with 35mm film cameras so cheap now, it is worth having at least one > just for fine grain BW because the results are still better than > APS 6MP Digital for that application.... Here is a link to photos I'm mostly proud of: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland (some suck, yes, but I think one or two are pretty damn good :-) ). My style of photogrpahy does not translate to B&W *in my opinion*. I suck at B&W photography. I don't really like shooting in B&W. Sure now and then I'll try some portraits of the wife or kid or a scenic or whatever in B&W (with Tri-X in the past because I liked it's "look and feel", now with digital conversions) but usually I'm unhappy with the results. My point, is that if I don't intend to try something that I have no interest in, how am I "burning my bridges"? So, having a 35mm camera around just for fine grained B&W, would be a waste of a good camera; it would collect dust. I *like* shooting in color and if I think my reslults with a 6mp digital camera are better than the slide films I used to use I can safely get rid of all my film cameras and not suffer. I think my style of shooting has translated to digital just fine. BTW, if I ever feel the need for "fine grained B&W" I'll run some through my dad's Linhof Technika IV. Christian
