On Dec 6, 2007 8:29 AM, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe my subject line isn't too clear but every time I open a box of > print paper I still cringe inside thinking I am going to "fog" it :-) > Also, I still momentarily wonder when I open the card drawer and > remove the memory card! > I guess 50 years of habits are hard to break!
I've not looked at any other responses, so as not to prejudice what I'm about to say. After about 6 months of going digital, here are a few of the advantages that I've experienced with the medium: 1) I really getting hundreds of photos per 1 gig card. I've only got two cards, but there aren't many shoots (none so far!) where that's not sufficient. It's not just the fact that I don't have to cart around canisters of film but the fact that I don't have to unload and load every 36 frames. 2) I really like the fact that I can change ISO at whim, without changing bodies or films. This is a ~huge~ advantage of digital, IMHO. For most of my uses, image quality is fine, but I just got back a print from TriX a couple of weeks ago, and it looked amazing! The subtle difference in greytones were amazing; there was a "liquid" quality to it that was quite beautiful. So, from time to time, I find image quality of B&W film to surpass digital. I also don't like the way digital blows out highlights. I know that's me and my old-fashioned exposure techniques, but still... I'm pretty happy overall with digital. I had a real long dry spell before I got the *istD. Acquiring that little fellow has definitely kick-started my love of photography again. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
