On 24 Jan 2005 at 22:00, Graywolf wrote: > Not if you make it clear that you are talking about money making productivity > (grin).
Simply speaking of personal productivity no $$$ signs in there. > I think you are reacting too negatively to the "cartoon effect" statement. It > simply means that digital tends to simplify the image a bit. There is a lost > of > detail as a trade off for smoothness. It seems I need to send you a *ist D based print or two :-) > To me the term describes that perfectly, > to you it seems to be a disparagement of your investment. Not at all, to me this has been an extremely cost effective investment in my photo kit purchasing history. And I'd gladly shell out the same or more again for a higher spec body, maybe then I'd even feel comfortable dumping my MF gear. In any case (and fortunately) I rarely find the need to justify my expenditures to others. :-) > Remember I was the most pro-digital guy on the list before Pentax actually > came > out with a DSLR. I clearly understand the benifits of digital, especially to > the > guy out there trying to make a living with his camera. All I really object to > is > the insistance that film is, or should be, dead. Film is pretty much deceased for the vast majority of picture takers where I live, it's just a fact. I understand that film will linger much like vinyl recordings, but like vinyl it will be little but a niche product. And all along the while the digital image making options will get broader and more capable further isolating film photography. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
