On 16/1/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: >Why? Do you find that shooting digital affords better final quality >prints?
Yes. I needed a print from some 200 ISO colour neg recently, so I scanned it and printed it off and frankly I was shocked at the *grain* !! Digital originals are so much smoother. >Are most of your photos destined for the web or email in some way, >bypassing prints in most instances? When I shoot a picture my thoughts are always to print. I only ever shoot at one quality level, which is large/fine jpeg. This suits me better than RAW. I have printed from RAW and jpeg and I can see no difference (but then wadda I know ;-) Some get squeezed down for my web site or for email. >If you make prints, how large are >they? Usually 11 by 8 inch. For landscapes that get framed, 16 by 11 inch or thereabouts. >(Did you send my high quality B&W print yet?) Ah yes yes yes yes yes. No. It's on the to-do list. >Do you prefer digital >because you can bypoass the darkroom? Absolutely, but not the primary reason. I don't mind developing film, but it is a drudge. I like digital because the images are much cleaner, and I prefer them over film. >Did you do your own darkroom work >before moving to digital? No. I got back into photography properly when I got a scanner. I would shoot neg (mono, I processed, colour went to the lab) and then scan. I *hate* scanning. I have wet printed but that was back at art college in 1978, and then for a few years afterwards in a darkroom at my father's place of work. >I ask because, for me, it seems that the reason to move to digital is >because there are times when I'm just too lazy to process film at home >(I've always disliked processing film - B-O-R-I-N-G), or don't want to >spend the time traveling to and from the lab to get the film processed. >Actually, the more i think about it, the more I realize that what digital >means to me, and the main reason I'm considering it, is that I won't have >to spend time processing film, either at home or driving to the lab. If I >could shoot film and have it processed to my standards without having to >spend the time doing it myself, I'd not be thinking about digital at all >except for simple snaps for eBay and to send Q&D pics to family and >friends, and that sort of thing. O Lord, Shel go buy an *ist D! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
