RE: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-03 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Chris Brogden replied to my comments on a local commercial photographer and his attachment to film, vs. digital: >> 15 to 20 seconds [download time from camera to computer] is "too >> slow" >And how long does it take to develop film? >> He finds digital to be limiting because he's not able t

Re: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: > He finds that the time it takes to transfer images from camera to > computer (15 to 20 seconds, according to the article) is "too slow" And how long does it take to develop film? > and he finds digital to be limiting because he's not able to

RE: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread dick graham
And also not surprising to see big electronic companies, like Sony, trying to convince us that film is dead. DG At 01:11 PM 10/1/02 -0400, you wrote: >This is one report by a non photographer. The information is therefore >anecdotal in nature. If you are looking for meaningful information on

RE: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Mishka wrote: > Dun't know about downloadtimes, but comparing images "side by side" > is nonsense: just get a dual (or more) BIG (21") monitor setup and say > goodbye to light table I can see where this approach could be problematic, though. Six or eight different shots (Polaroids, maybe?) t

Re: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Ignatiev
;'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:58:25 -0400 Subject: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte > > Hi folks, > > With all this talk about what was -- and what wasn't -- at Photokina, I > found it interesting to read a

Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi folks, With all this talk about what was -- and what wasn't -- at Photokina, I found it interesting to read a short article about a local commercial/advertising photo studio in the business section of yesterday's local newspaper. It's a busy studio with big accounts with a major grocery store