frank theriault wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2008 4:36 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> When Christie and I got the 750z I think I made a statement along the
>> lines of "I don't see a need for color film, anymore." Christie got a
>> K100D right after they came out and I started reaching for that for
>> quick snapshots. (I still do.) Shortly thereafter I got a K10D and
>> used that exclusively for several months. I certainly can't complain
>> about the camera.
>>
>> What I missed was the black and white process. Saint Ansel referred to
>> it as "donkey work". I also missed the tactile aspects of film in
>> general - putting slides in the trays, sleeving the negatives, etc.
>> Editing on a computer screen sucks, at least for me. It's even less fun
>> when I have to scan those slides and negatives, but at least I get to do
>> the touchy-feely part of photography that I really like. I no longer own
>> the K10D.
>>
>> I suppose the end result should be the driving factor, and that the
>> stuff in the middle shouldn't really matter. But for me that part in
>> the middle is the most fun. I'll try the digital thing again when
>> traditional black and white film, chemicals, and paper becomes too
>> inconvenient to purchase.
>>
>
> I've never done darkroom work. Not since high school anyway - and
> that's so long ago that it's quite prehistoric. I didn't like it then
> and I've never had the urge to start doing it. I know, "every ~real~
> photographer should experience the darkroom process, yadda yadda
> yadda", and that may be true, but I never really did. Derive from
> that what you will.
>
> Beyond that, I enjoyed holding film up to the light, looking at an
> identifiable image; it made my work seem more tangible and real.
> This stuff about pixels hiding on discs, drives and solid-state cards
> spooks me a bit.
>
> OTOH, getting home from shooting, sticking the card in the computer
> and seeing screen-sized renditions of shots taken as recently as
> minutes ago is quite exhilarating - an instant gratification that film
> can never match.
>
> I enjoyed having my film in sleeves, those sleeves in binders, those
> binders on a bookshelf, waiting for me to look at them. I didn't like
> shuffling through binders and binders, looking for that one frame that
> "I know I took, I just don't know when and what roll it was on".
>
Sounds like shuffling through subdirectories of thumbnails looking for
that one capture I know I took but I can't remember exactly when...
> Finding stuff in computer files is way easier.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is that, yes, there are things I like about
> film, but I'm finding there are things I like about digital, too.
> Right now, the convenience and price of digital outweighs whatever
> image quality advantages there might be with film (and keep in mind
> that as I continue to work with PS, that gap will likely diminish).
>
> I never thought I'd hear myself make that admission...
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
>
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