I have pretty similar feelings. I don't miss film at all. I get much better control and results from digital. Not to mention, much more practice and improvement in my skills (photographic, not lab) without a such a big hit in cost for all that film. Other areas besides cost that bothered me with film was a single ISO for the entire roll, having to finish an entire roll before being able to really examine them (how many countless times did I burn frames just to finish or just wound partial rolls back), scratches, etc.
I am very happy with the direction that photography has been taking. -- Bruce Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:23:52 AM, you wrote: GD> I'm mostly ambidextrous ... My mind can't remember which way to go. GD> I did color chemistry in my home darkroom once upon a time. After GD> spending what for me was an honest fortune and several months' effort, GD> I realized that I could have had better prints by dropping the film at GD> the corner drugstore and paying a pittance. And had them tomorrow. GD> Digital capture, image processing and printing does far better than GD> the corner drugstore. GD> I'm in it for the photographs, not the journey of processing! ;-) GD> -- GD> Godfrey GD> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
