Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, My arguments were directed toward the amatuer user who shoots maybe 7 roll equivalents a year. For the professional shooter, there is no looking back from digital. As you have noted, not having 200 rolls of film to schlep through airport security and back is a huge difference. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/13/06, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > > At 01:12 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote: > >So, yes, I think that the 95-99 percent market penetration of digital > >cameras is largely a function of herd mentality. > > > >Don > > Don - This is definitely not true of the professional photographers > that I know. Every single one has switched to digital for practical > and esthetic reasons. The quality is equal to or better than 35mm > film. The flexibility of digital is much greater. The freedom to > experiment without worrying about wasting film is wonderful. The > immediacy of seeing what you have photographed is invaluable. I > don't regard my digital files as any less permanent than the slides > hanging in my filing cabinets. The ability to send digital files by > e-mail or ftp instead of making dupes and sending them through the > mail has revolutionized the way that photographers do business. > > I would never go back. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >