With film the burden of technological upgrades lies mostly with the photo lab.
With digital it lays almost entirely with the photographer. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:10 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > .....I say no. > > BTW this is not meant to start an OS war, please. > > I was pondering this last night. Lets see if i can convey the thoughts.;-) > > When i decided to up grade a camera back in film days, i just did, > then add the film and carried on. > > Now i;m kinda stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. > > Neither the PC i have nor the iBook have enough umph or proper OS to > upgrade my editing programs such asLR2 to LR3. That's not a problem > unless i stick with the cameras i have or up grade to something LR2 > can handle Raw wise, like a D700 or D300s. I;m not even sure the new > cameras like the D3100 and D7000 Raw files can be used. > The jpegs i shoot with my K10D are fine sharpness wise so i don't > bother with Raw, however i have noticed with the Nikons with the > higher mp's shooting in Raw is the way to go to get sharper photos, at > least with the D200, which after 4 years i have figured out. > > So when i comes time to upgrade, if i'm allowed, it looks like not > only the expense of the camera, possibly lenses as well, but new > computers and software. > > Something i dont remember having to worry about in the film days. > > Dave > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > 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. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- 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.
