Post-Processing for color is also new. Very few could do color darkroom work. Now you can tweak photos in a way that makes up for the average time you spend on each one.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Malcolm, > I share some of your feelings on digital photos devaluing the process. > Shooting my final roll of Kodachrome re-enforced the feeling. > But you can change that next year. > One Sunday morning, Mark Cassino (snowflakes) came to Chicago and > shot with Mark Roberts and me. We used similar cameras and lenses, > but Mark's shots looked so much better because of the care he took. > I learned that digital lets you take lots of shots, but doesn't make good > photography any easier, or quicker. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >>> I did the same thing a while back. Earlier on, I had a hard time with >>> digital. I think the "take as many as you want" devalued the pictures >>> in my mind. The most difficult part, however, was adjusting to the >>> lack of prints. It makes no sense since you can have them done at >>> Walmart if you like, but you had to do it with film whereas it felt >>> like a waste of money with jpgs. One of my favorite parts of the the >>> PDML is that you do have a place to show your pictures, and that >>> provides a nudge to complete the process and get your shots to the >>> "show the world" stage. >> >> It took a while for me to really take digital photography seriously, as a >> 'proper' film replacement. I used to go out and take a number of photos of >> an area or scene that I wanted, look at them on the computer and then go >> back the following day to take the real ones in slide film with an LX. This >> year has been the first in 30+ years without a slide show at Christmas. It >> isn't I've not wanted to take digital on seriously, most of my work has no >> urgency of immediate result, and I've enjoyed waiting for things to come >> back from development. However, the world has moved on and with much >> reluctance, as film processing is joining the list of technology past, I >> have little choice but to join in. I've certainly found the ability to share >> photos instantly useful, but more for swapping hints on repairing or doing >> things - particularly when I was working on the garden recently, rather than >> aiming for quality photography. This is a trap I've got to get out of this >> coming year, as the criteria has only been if it shows what it needs to show >> for the purpose of the query. That doesn't make for stunning picture >> quality. >> >> Christine suggested a K-5 as a back-up camera, which I am now in need of. I >> think that is the only camera on the short list at present. I have actually >> used a Kx, but I much prefer the feel of the K-7. This is more research than >> usually gets done, as the past & present DSLRs I've owned, I've seen for the >> first time when they have arrived by delivery. >> >> Lots more PDML mail to catch up on....all the best for 2011 folks. >> >> Malcolm >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
