[Leica] film vs. digital in my brain.

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

I was in a similar situation.
I enjoy both. In 35mm (or its digital equivalent) I prefer analog  
when I want to deliberately slow down my pace and take more pensative  
shots (I don't like the darkroom and scanning, though: that's too  
slow), and use digital when I'm in a snapping away mood. Different  
results, without any personal preference. Must be because I don't  
have a definite signature. Or because I love to explore.
But no bulky SLR's or DSLR's for me: of the about 40 camera's I  
bought and sold these last 2 years, only 1 was a SLR (a Nikon F2)  
that I kept for just one roll.
So where does that leave me? With unobtrusive small cameras, manual  
or semi-automatic. Thus with rangefinders. Thus with Leica, because I  
want real quality and good interchangable lenses, and love (and feel)  
the fact that they're handmade.
Maybe I should try an M8. I sure feel tempted. Sadly enough my wallet  
doesn't like to support that temptation. Yet...

Philippe


Op 27-sep-06, om 21:08 heeft Philip Forrest het volgende geschreven:

> Lately I have fallen in love again with my old Nikon FM and a 50mm  
> f/1.8
> lens.  Here begins my problem.  I LOVE film however, I just can't  
> afford
> shooting it as much as I would like.  Soon perhaps, but that's of no
> consequence.  So I take my Canon EOS 10d out most places with me  
> and rarely
> shoot ever.  I try to make myself, but I don't know why the finger  
> doesn't
> push the button.  If I take my Leica with, I'll shoot several rolls  
> a day.
> Same with the Nikon FM and my EOS RT.  The digital DOES have a few  
> issues
> that I don't like: warm up time, battery life, the crop factor and  
> a small
> viewfinder.  (I was spoiled by Nikon F3's and F4's a few years ago  
> and have
> kicked myself every day for selling them.)  So I'm wondering, is  
> there any
> logical reason that I would consciously or subconsciously want to  
> shoot film
> over digital?  I'm hoping that a move up to an EOS 5d might help  
> this, but I
> wouldn't want to invest $3k and find out that I still have this  
> digital
> "funk" and continue to shoot film.  I'm not saying that one is  
> better than
> the other.  I'm "soul searching" for a reason of why I want to take a
> photograph with a film camera and not a digital.  Because I believe  
> that in
> the end it's all about the image itself & not the tools used to  
> make it.
>
> Your sage wisdom is appreciated.
>
> Philip
>
>
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