Aaron, you, and others, don't get it. It's about personal perception and feeling, which doesn't have to conform to ~your~ logic. There are those who take a very pragmatic view of the digital world and what it offers/doesn't offer, and there are others who feel things more emotionally or subjectively. I have a hard time grasping why there have been almost 200 messages in this thread, which will neither resolve anything nor change anything. We all have our preferences - Kevin has his, some of us understand it better, or differently, than others - so be it.
Let's wrap this up and move on to a subject from which we can learn and grow as photographers and equipment fondlers ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Aaron Reynolds > Kevin Waterson wrote: > > > allow me to finish > > If you paint with light.......... you use an enlarger. > > The painting with light does not finish with the camera exposure. > > Mudh more is done in the darkroom. > > This is what digital removes. Yes, you can fiddle with pixels all you > > like > > and change iso and white balance etc but it is not light, it is binary. > > Um, what's the difference between a pixel and a grain of silver? Both > are highly technical processes, and I still fail to see how one has > magic where the other does not. > > I understand the feeling of people who work with computers all day that > they don't want to work with computers on their free time, but the > feeling is the same for those who work in the darkroom all day. The > darkroom is not an inherently magical place -- it is what you bring > into it. The computer is the same.
