IMG: RE: [Leica] Framelines

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Ted,

I agree completely.  I (for which my family is thankful) do not make my
living by photography.  But, I would say small format digital, like the
Canon's or Nikon's or M8, is the ideal compromise for me.  I have done a lot
of b&w printing with pretty much the best LF camera and darkroom gear, and I
am OK with the inkjet prints within the size constraints.  Actually, with
35mm negs I would say the inkjet prints I get are better than the darkroom
prints.  Some of the newer inkjet papers even somewhat resemble air-dried
fiber darkroom paper.  Most of all - all the crap fits in one bag, no tripod
and no time in the darkroom.  Bringing up the images in Bridge and making an
edit is like science fiction.  To me...but you already know all that.  The
only drawback is that it seems so many photographers are no longer printing
- just displaying images.

Ken
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 6:25 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: IMG: RE: [Leica] Framelines
> 
> Tina Manley offered in response to Geoff:
> Subject: RE: IMG: RE: [Leica] Framelines
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:53 PM 11/2/2008, you wrote:
> 
> >It's way cool to be able to read Tina's post, shoot a couple of frames,
> get
> them into my PC, upload one and now you've seen it about 20 mins after I
> shot it. Incidentally this is the new Adobe Standard profile. And how good
> is that old lens!!
> 
> >Geoff <<<<<<
> 
> Tina replied:
> 
> >>Looks great to me, Geoff!  Very sharp.  Isn't digital fun!<<
> 
> 
> 
> Tina you bet it's fun and it gives so many opportunities more than film at
> basically "no cost" I can't see myself using film ever again. No different
> than going back to the horse and buggy.
> 
>  Sure buying the gear is the major outlay, but once you have it in hand,
> man
> you go around snapping away like a kid stealing candy in a candy shop! :-)
> 
> I'm finally having a small bit of Sunday quiet time sitting at the
> computer
> down loading happy snaps from the Leica Seminar in Rockport.
> 
> I only shot with the M8 and no filters during the walk about in local
> harbours but I'm absolutely amazed at the sharp finger cutting images it
> captured.
> 
> The printer is humming away in the back ground grinding out 12X18 prints
> that are quite amazing for quality. I don't know what I did, but it
> appears
> these are some of the sharpest looking M digital images I've ever seen.
> 
> Maybe my eye sight is really failing more and I'm imagining this quality.
> 
> 
> 
> As far as digital goes I wouldn't be caught dead using film ever again!
> But
> what I can't fathom are those photographers still saying the digital image
> isn't anything as good as film. I don't know what criteria they're using
> or
> what they're shooting, but anything I've had out of the M8 is amazing at
> 12X18 size photographs. And that includes in some cases a fair amount of
> cropping and they still look smashing! But to each his own! :-)
> 
> 
> 
> ted
> 
> 
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