Quoting Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > working pros submitting for publication don't shoot negatives. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: Who has an istDS? > > > > So, are you saying that these pros either used every shot on a roll of > film > > or that, if there were some they'd not use, they were cut out of the > > negative strips, deleted from contact sheets, and tossed, never to be > seen > > again? > Also, Mr Robb had commented:
> While publication may be the Holy Grail, the numbers say that most > colour pro work is shot on negative film. > Look at the sales figures for pro slide vs. pro neg film. Before digital took over that area, didn't most newspaper (and wire service) photojournalists shoot negative film? Certainly, if not most, a significant number of them did so. Also, most portrait and wedding photographers -- no, they don't shoot "for publication" but they certainly account for a large volume of the professional market, don't they, considering the huge number of weddings that take place? ERNR
