On: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 Michael Wilkinson wrote: > This comparison MUST have been arranged to come down in favour of digital.
SNIP > Comparisons at conferences must be transparently fair because when all the > oohing and aahing is over people talk, when they talk they find fault, when > they find fault they spread the news and the news is that they are buls*****g > again. It is foolish to compare analog film with digital capture in terms of being better, for as Ying is to Yang, they are entirely different media. I do not have any difficulty in understanding that in perhaps two years time, all commercial work will be done with digital capture. Oh happy joy. OK, let's get back to Jay Maisel, a big influence on me in my twenties. Back then I once read that Jay had all the clickstops on his Nikon lenses shaved off, so that he could rapidly spin the aperture ring backwards and forwards at a motorised rate of 5 frames per second. This meant that he could almost guarantee a perfect exposure to within a quarter of a stop, with at least two or three immaculate in camera replicants for stock purposes. It was not unusual for him to shoot over a 100 rolls of Kodachrome a day. Jay never had to worry about image quality then, and explains why he is well past the facile argument over whether digital is actually good enough or not for him in the here and now. Of course digital is better - if it fulfills whatever niche advantage any shooter is looking for within today's hyper-competitive commercial market. And of course film is better - if it fulfills whatever niche advantage any shooter is looking for within today's hyper-competitive commercial market. It really depends on what you want to do, and where you want to go. I love working with scanned film, and I think digital capture - whether it is high or low resolution - is fantastic to work with.....and more than anything I love the difference between the two. My initial positive and constructive experiences with digital capture has proved beyond any shadow of doubt that it is absolutely crucial for me to carry on working with film. In fact, when my website is rebuilt, you will all be able to see what this mid-life emulsion monster can do with a fun 2 mega-pixel box camera :) As usual, I digress. best William Curwen www.william.ws =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
