on 29/11/03 2:35 pm, Simon Barber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Apparently they are now using Nikon F5s and Bronica 6x6s - whilst there are > twenty-odd D1X bodies in a cupboard somewhere gathering dust...... Dear Simon, Interesting that you should make this point. I've often thought that the head long rush away from film to be ill thought out. We can still make prints from negatives produced 150 years ago but recent history has shown us that mechanical inventions move on very quickly and it renders obsolete the technology immediately before it. Consumer demand and market forces ensures that the equipment won't be produced once it's been surpassed. This is no Luddite rant. I love what can be done with digital files in Photoshop but I am still very wary of ONLY having digital files. I think the availability in 10/15 years (perhaps less) of equipment that can read the digital data that we're producing now is a real issue. I read the other day that a number of large companies were now looking at this as being a real problem, whether it be because of CDs deteriorating, hard drives corrupting or technology progressing. It's no cheaper to produce digital files and it certainly doesn't speed things up after you've taken into consideration all the post production work and archiving. Archiving is a real problem both in terms of time, space, cost and ensuring that the archive source hasn't gone wrong/can't be used etc. I still believe that producing film, which is in well established formats, is the best bet. I can then produce scans (using the latest technology, all I'll need is the appropriate film holder as the constant) and do the PS work on the latest computer and distribute it using the latest fashionable way and not have to have hundreds of CDs and hard drives and computers of a certain age to access my work. I shoot some digital work when asked and appreciate some of the conveniences it offers. However I'm most comfortable shooting on neg, having great scans produced and then working on the scan to produce prints (which are definitely far in advance of C-types etc for control and quality). 2 sides of A4. Discuss. Simon Buckley =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
