I appreciate the attempt. My current issues are, like many, time and money. When I was shooting the Pentax 67ii's, I found that the cost of film/developing was really starting to hamper my ability to shoot. For local processing/proofing along with purchase of film from B&H, the cost per frame was about $1.35. Certainly significant enough for me to shoot very sparingly unless it was a paid shoot (wedding, portrait, event). On top of that, the cost to get a large, high quality print made was very expensive. There are no non-digital pro labs left in Sacramento. So I was faced with having a drum-scan high end print made (20 inch by 30 inch) in the neighborhood of $150. Since I wasn't making any money off those type of prints, it seemed foolish for me to deal with. My local lab that does all my wedding/portrait/event work is all digital using Agfa D-Labs. The scanners on those are not very high res so I was not seeing the quality difference of the 67 negative as you would expect.
Since shooting digital, my quanity and quality have picked up. Quantity because I can now afford to speculation shoot (events, sports). Quality because of my ability to practice and learn at a much faster pace. Landscape, while I thoroughly enjoy it, is not where most of my shooting ends up. It really is the portraits, events and weddings. For that stuff, digital is adequate. When I have more disposable income and time, perhaps I will delve into large format. Dealing with four kids ages 17, 15, 8 and 4 uses up most of my time and money right now. I hope this helps explain why I am not jumping right into LF right now. I do appreciate your ideas and comments, though. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, July 24, 2005, 11:49:34 AM, you wrote: BL> Hi! >> Taken in Monument Valley in one of the less frequented areas. When >> you can stand there in person, and see the size and majesty of some of >> these formations, it leaves you in awe. >> >> Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 26mm, handheld, polarizer >> ISO 400, 1/180 sec @ f/13, >> Converted from Raw using Capture One LE >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0380.htm BL> Great as usual, Bruce... I suppose if printed real large the digital BL> will fall apart on weed and grass... This has been my experience at least... BL> No, I do not mean that as a critique, rather as yet another (perhaps BL> lame) attempt to convince you to move up a format... ;-). BL> Great, really great. BL> Boris
