--- Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many folk state the instant capture and review of > the image is the all > important feature, and being able to e-mail a > picture immediately a 'must > have' today. Even I know if I have got the shot I > want with my LX, so the > immediate review of the shot isn't a major > importance to me and pictures I > have taken and e-mailed straight away I have done so > more or less because I > can. I will continue to use digital as another > format. >
Well, Malcolm, That's a very interesting observation. Immediate feedback is a huge drawing card for many digitalians. Paul Stenquist mentioned that in another thread this morning, and even posted a lovely example of a series of photos that he produced with the assistance of such feedback. For me and the type of photography I often do, that feature is less important than others. I shoot in public quite often. I'm lucky if I can fire off 4 or 5 (usually less) before a fluid situation changes into something that no longer interests me. I never ask my subjects to pose or go back to a previous position, or come walking up the street again, as spontaneity is normally required for what I do. Once the moment passes, it ain't coming back. So, that instant feedback wouldn't do much for me. I would be loathe to delete any images in the field, for instance, to make more room in the memory. I often have to look at contacts over and over to decide what I do and don't want to print, and often it's only after revisiting old contacts months or years old that I think I see something of value in a frame. I wonder if, due to the foregoing, digital and it's "instant disposablity" might be a bad thing for me. I must admit that the ability to send e-mail images within minutes of pressing the shutter release would be great for family snaps or vacation pix. I wouldn't mind getting a little digi-p&s like those Optios-in-a-mint-can things. I had fun playing with everyone else's at GFM, that's for sure. cheers, frank ===== "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" ******** "Of course it's all luck" -- Henri Cartier-Bresson ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
