The vast majority of upper echelon commercial photographers are shooting digital. Some who do a lot of location work and went to the full frame Canons early on may well be upgrading soon to 20 to 30 megapixel MF. On Sep 28, 2006, at 8:15 AM, graywolf wrote:
> I will argue with that. MF users are: a. Wedding Photographers many > who > have gone digital, but some of them are actually going back to > film; and > b. Studio Photographers who have probably only gone 50% digital, > some of > them actually shoot digital and film in parallel. Actually the only > area > where digital is an overwhelming advantage are news, and event > photography. > > Oh, yes, and snapshooters who have to see their image to know if they > got what they thought they got. Which brings up an old story. It was > January 1961 I was in basic training, I had just bought a Kalimar A at > the Base Exchange for $24.95, I also got a roll of Kodachrome. My > first > 35mm camera, and my first roll of color film. Over the weekend I > wandered over the base taking pictures of everything in sight. I got > that roll of Kodachrome back, it had 17 black slides and 3 dim ones. > Back to the BX to buy a light meter, that was when I realized that > photography was going to be an expensive hobby. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Digital Image Studio wrote: >> On 28/09/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Pentax's pro users have been largely medium format for many years. >>> Whether they can retain a share of this market is uncertain, but >>> they >>> probably have a better chance in MF than in pro grade FF SLR. >> >> I understand where you're coming from Paul but I sincerely expect >> that >> any pro who used Pentax medium format equipment has likely moved >> on to >> a new digital system of some type. I can't help but believe that the >> vast majority of Pentax MF shooters these days are amateurs. Few of >> which will likely shell out for a new P645 even if it comes in at >> under US$5k (and as you may recall I've said similar before long ago >> but it seem more and more likely as time slips by) >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
