Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The point of this new generation of printers is that you do not need to own, or use, a computer to get prints. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Borden Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:18 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Summilux vs. Summicron On Nov 9, 2004, at 10:16 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > If you're not a Leicaphile, > or someone who has a real need for film, or an artistic interest in > it, why would you want film when you can have a $150 appliance at home > that for $.29 a print cranks out 4x6s every bit as good or better than > the 4x6s you got at the corner lab - that were often pretty crappy, > dust covered, and scratched? That would be SWMBO ... because she can take her film to the 1-hour lab in the mall, and get double prints made while she shops or has lunch. Fooling around with a computer is a waste of either her or my time :-) I tried to tell her that with digital she wouldn't have to print everything ... she wants to print everything, she's got no interest in looking at her photos on the screen or gasp on the TV. and she can send to copies to whomever for the price of a stamp. Someday she will see the light (of digital) but in the meantime I have been offering to buy her a digital P&S for years and she's not interested. > > As to shooting film and scanning - which I did for about five years, > yes, it's a great way to go if you want to shoot film. I still do it > on occasion, and I'm sure I will continue to do it for some time to > come. It does not, however, offer many of the benefits of digital that > go beyond cost and speed - but those sure are huge, important benefits > of digital. As a shooter and scanner, for me, the big advantage of digital is that I can retouch, change contrast, etc. to my hearts content, and then save it as a file to be rendered over and over. If I'm not happy with inkjet printing, I can always get a conventional print made via a digital 'enlarger'. Jonathan _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information