Interesting post, that. My only SLRs are still film and likely to
remain that way. I'm still playing with a newly acquired Optio, having
just "bailed in". Anyone who thinks a fairly new digi P&S is simple
just doesn't understand things. With a film camera, I take a different
approach; this I can see already. Each film shot, the way I do it,
should be a potential "keeper". Never mind the batting average; that's
what I want to feel most of the time when pressing the most important
button: the shutter button.
I've shot a few hundred shots with the Optio, have sent a few to the
computer (mostly to judge noise vs ISO, sharpness, etc.) and have
printed NONE shared NONE and have been satisfied with NONE (although
this last NONE is not quite true - the shots so far are insipid "let's
learn what it can do" snaps.
Maybe that "cost per shot" of film really helps, maybe I'm too used to
it and to old to change, or maybe I don't understand digital yet.
If you wanna go back to film and enlarger, you certainly have my
blessings, although that may be a curse. grin.
-Lon
Kevin Waterson wrote, in part:
... I have decided not to play the digital game and instead
spend my time on furthering the art of photography. Whilst film is still
available I can use that, perhaps I will pick up an 8x10 or 4x5 and go
back to the good ol' days of coating my own plates (provided the chemicals
used are not classified as WMDs and I am arrested as a terrorist)....
