Hunt with a single shot instead of an automatic.(?) Try to make each shot count.
Jack --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: The Morning Fix > > > >I resent that, so does my pocket protector! Regards, Bob S. > > At least you saw the humour in it. > After 20 years of shooting almost exclusively with 4x5, I found the > move to > digital to be very enabling in some respects, but very frustrating in > > others. > When you shoot 4x5, you are very conscious of how much film you are > shooting. Every time you trip the shutter, it costs a dollar for B&W, > as > much as $5.00 for colour transparencies. > Add to this the lack of ability to carry large numbers of unexposed > film > into the field, and one needs to have very strict discipline. > I think I have a couple of dozen film holders. That allows me to > shoot 48 > exposures before I need to find a dark place that I can reload. I > like to > bracket my exposures, and also shoot a couple of extra sheets for > insurance > against processing damage, so it wouldn't be unusual to shoot 4-6 > sheets of > film on a single scene. > So, I can shoot 8-10 pictures before I am done, and I've spent > $50-250.00 on > film to do it. > Contrast that to shooting digital, which is, for all intents and > purposes, > free. There are no input costs after the equipment is purchased, and > the > equipment is cheap compared to large format equipment. > I've been shooting digital with absolutely no regard to any kind of > disciplined approach for a few years now, simply because I can. > I'm now finding that I am getting back to something more like the > approach I > took with film, and am not pulling the trigger just because I have > something > in my sights. > One thing I have discovered though, is that while one can fix a bunch > of > stuff in post processing, it is still best to get it right in camera, > and > not waste your life fiddling with a substandard image later. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
