Hear Hear for film say I , Moggy who shoots jewellery, still life, interiors, and landscapes. I shot a job recently of Arabian traditional dress, forty odd shots on 5x4, I used the fantastic Kodak E100vs film , the colour rendition, the detail, subtlety and quality, not to mention the depth alone I don't believe I could get on digital, let alone how easy it is to shoot film. i know exactly what I'll get - and no retouching!.
I know loads of you will disagree, but you haven't seen the trannies, true, I haven't seen the dig version, but I will be one of the last people shooting on film I reckon, I still don't think digital matches up. Moggy In message Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Neil Cooper writes snip >Rivals Eastman Kodak and Fuji are also revamping their film divisions to >cope with changing consumer demand. Kodak said last month that sales of all >digital products jumped 48% in the three months to June, while revenue to >traditional photography fell by 8%. Dear Neil/All It would be very sad to see a time were it was no longer possible to buy professional quality film and paper for that matter and of course those nasty chemicals. For anyone not used to the simplicity of shooting film ....OK, OK I know full well the downsides, but the simplicity of walking out with a pocket full of film and the only cable to take being the cable release takes some beating<BG> > >The dye is cast and I for one, after 20+ years in dank unhealthy darkrooms, >rejoices! Well yes there were indeed some pretty horribly and unhealthy darkrooms about, but thankfully I have always worked in ideal conditions, and as a result always enjoyed this side of the image creation business. Just as now when the image can be made or broken at the post shoot stage, the same went for the darkroom. Anyone who has not experienced film processing and printing work will have missed out on a whole area of wonderment of seeing images "grow" in the dimness, and the whole "hands on" work that created that perfectly balanced print....colour or monochrome. Always a problem to get two identical "manipulated" prints though! Things have moved on....where the enlargers once stood is a row of drum scanners and all the associated hi tech digital paraphernalia, but the atmosphere of mystery and anticipation is still there....the ventilation fan still spins, the outside world still is out of sight. Lets keep film for a little longer please! In a reminiscent mood. Richard -- Top quality drum scanning just a Post Office away....Sony Artisan checked too! Call 01873 890767 for a chat and to get our pdf and start seeing the benefits. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
