[Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?

[Geoff Hopkinson]

Fancy that, a thread that drifts from the original ;-)

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 at 11:47 am, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> True, but it seems to have "migrated" ;-)
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Richard the original topic was actually about Lluis wanting to print for
> > exhibition from scans and digital originals to look very similar in his
> > large exhibition prints
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 at 7:16 am, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > One painter uses acrylics, another oils. What's the difference?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Man
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 4:13 PM
> > > To: Leica Users Group
> > > Subject: [Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this
> debate?
> > >
> > > I shot 130+ sheets of 4x5 portra in 2 long weekends a couple weeks ago.
> > >
> > > Film is for people who want to shoot film. It's a subset of people who
> > are
> > > photographers. The default is to use digital. Because it is good enough
> > for
> > > anything and everything.
> > >
> > > OTOH, if people want to shoot film, let them shoot film.
> > >
> > > (just sold my Nikon LS-9000 and a left kidney to buy a Imacon 868)
> > >
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Cheers
Geoff
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