On 12/31/2010 9:24 AM, Malcolm Smith 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
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