Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] Re: [lens] RE: shot not possible with digital
From: JCB <jcb@visualimpressions.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:43:23 -0700
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At 08:14 AM 10/25/2003 -0700, Ted Grant wrote:

>You'll notice I haven't mentioned anything about using digital......... Not
>on your life because doing my film thing I do the shoot with reasonable
>confidence it'll work due to experience.
>Digital at the moment will have to wait for another day or night. :-)
>ted


It'll be a long wait because getting a digital sensor to see in available 
darkness is close to impossible. A digital sensor is not film. It is blind 
in the deep shadows. Areas that silver halide sees quite well. Digital has 
its place, but not in the kind of shooting you do.

JB

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