Paul, you stated my case very well. Shel was coming from his point of view as film guy who did/does his own processing.
Thanks for the comments. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: De-Lurking and Replacement Decision > Hi Shel, > Perhaps you're misreading that message. I think what Ken means by > "having control over your photographic output" is that the image goes > right from camera RAW to the computer. No one else touches it. It's > much like shooting BW and doing all the processing yourself. But it's > generally much simpler and, of course, you're color enabled. In regard > to citing the number of images, Ken was merely pointing out that he'd > saved a lot of cash by shooting those 1400 images on digital. Knowing > Ken, I suspect he would have shot 1400 on film if he didn't go digital. > It was an arctic shoot and a rare opportunity. He's a great > photographer, and his opinions are always well thought out. > Paul > On Oct 14, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > That's .... well, I was gonna say something nasty but thought better > > of > > it, so I'll just ask, what makes you say that one can't have control > > over > > their output unless one uses digital. And what the heck is it with so > > many > > of you digi people that you seemingly MUST comment on how many > > hundreds of > > exposures you make? > > > > Shel > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> If you're not interested in digital optimization of images on the > > computer, > >> then by all means go out and get the MZ-S, a wonderful film camera. If > >> however you're interested in having control over your photographic > >> output, > >> then I recommend you seriously consider digital. I recently have > >> started > > the > >> move into digital, after shooting slides for years, I had no idea as > >> to > > the > >> time digital would take, but I sure like the results & the long term > >> cost > >> savings. During a recent 10 day shoot during which I shot 1400 > >> images, I > >> figure I saved, in slide processing costs, the better part of the > >> cost of > >> the *ist D. > > > > >
