[Leica] RE: Digital questions

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I am certainly NOT saying don't do it. I think digital has some wonderful
advantages, and even though I will keep using the darkroom for b/w work,
and like you have planned to use my blad for most of that (other than
street work), when travelling there are more advantgages than
disadvantages to digital, and I felt it was time to move. There are some
"surprizes" in store however, and its a bit like the explosion that
occured when I bought (er Helen bought me) my first M6----------- Oh I
must have a Noctilux etc etc etc

Cheers

> Alastair, Nathan -
>
> Thanks for your inputs - I appreciate the help.
>
> I'm aware of the slippery slope - I expect to jump full on later - I've
> been
> living with the hybrid approach for years now.
>
> I have a 3.2 gig machine with 2GB ram for running PS7, along with a
> scanner
> and printer for output, but have
> been living with film as I also shoot 4x5 for a lot of my scenic work, and
> frankly; I have not been prepared to give up the
> convenience and quality of the M6 for 35mm work.
>
> My last outing in Florida - through airports and now film processing - is
> making me rethink it all.
>
> I find that I have no interest in trying fine art work with 35mm,
> preferring
> my Rollei SL66 or my 4x5 for that more
> contemplative stuff, and use the 35mm more and more as a record keeping
> and
> family snap shot
> camera.  I'm almost embarrassed to use a M6 for happy snaps, sorta like
> buying a SL500 just for going to
> get groceries.
>
> I'm sure that I'll have to get one of those 80GB transfer devices to
> offload
> the cards on the road, and I'll be making
> more CD's to keep the stuff off the computer - and some other means of
> mass
> storage to handle the bulk of data, eventually . . . .
>
> For now though the idea of a snapshot digital camera that has most of the
> Leica quality is essential - I need to do
> more path-finding regarding a full digital work flow, and see if it suits
> me
> - or just stay with film based.  The D-Lux 3 seems
> like a fairly inexpensive way to make the foray into that terrain, and I
> suspect that it will prove to be quite enjoyable.
> Worst case is it will become the snap shot camera that I take to Costco
> for
> 4x6 prints - best case - It will sway me
> completely to the digital realm!
>
> Thanks again - I appreciate the comments,
>
> Norm
>
>
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