I agree. Digital has improved my shooting. For one, I simply shoot more, and the immediate feedback makes me more cognizant of what I'm doing. However, I should point out that switching from 35mm to largely 6x7 improved my work as well. When you have only ten exposures, you spend more time thinking. Paul On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:40 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
> I'm with Kenneth on this one. I have improved much faster than I ever > did with film. > > -- > Bruce > > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 8:30:11 PM, you wrote: > >>> I think that the process of pre-visualization is compromised when >>> you >>> immediately see the results >on a digital camera. > > KW> Interesting. Digital has just the opposite effect on me. I get > to see how I > KW> captured my previzualized image & fine tune it if needed. I > believe its > KW> making a better photographer of me. > > KW> Kenneth Waller > KW> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > KW> ----- Original Message ----- > KW> From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > KW> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > KW> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:55 PM > KW> Subject: Re: FIND > > > KW> I shot about a dozen rolls of B&W last week - a few 120 rolls > through > KW> the 6x7 and several 35mm rolls. I even ordered 50 rolls of > Neopan 400 > KW> and Tri-X (25 each) since I had depleted my 35mm stock of 35mm > ISO 400 > KW> films. > > KW> By the same token I took about 500 digital images on the K10D > and *ist-D > KW> last week as well. > > KW> I do like the look and feel of film, and I like the mental > exercise and > KW> discipline that comes from shooting film and not seeing the > results > KW> immediately. I think that the process of pre-visualization is > KW> compromised when you immediately see the results on a digital > camera. > > KW> But as for slide film - sorry, I see no point in it unless you are > KW> talking medium or large format. The the photos I can make from > the K10D > KW> blow away anything I could do with slide film, and I was able > to get > KW> some pretty good results from slide film when I used it. > > KW> I still have 20 rolls of E100S and Velvia 50 in the freezer that > KW> probably should go on ebay... > > KW> - MCC > > KW> Margus Männik wrote: >>> Just wanted to share... >>> developed 3 rolls of Acros and a bunch of slides this night. It's >>> worth >>> to shoot at least B/W time after time, it helps to understand, >>> how long >>> way digital cameras still needs to go to achieve the real >>> photographic >>> quality and feeling. >>> Had a chance to handle Hasselblad H3D... got my DA*16-50 and >>> DA*50-135 >>> last week, made a lots of pictures... they're all very fine, but >>> there's >>> still something, that exists in film, but I do not see in digital >>> images. >>> Film Is Not Dead :) >>> >>> BR, Margus > > > > > > -- > 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
