[Leica] Film and Digital

[Don Dory]

The thought put into an image when one has a max of 36 frames and possibly
only 2 available is a real thing.  Having 3000+ Exposures available does
not preclude thought about an image.  I find it interesting that after
thinking about an image and exposing accordingly I can then rethink
exposure or minor compositional changes.  As well, all of us have focused
in on something then looked up or behind us and found "the image".  This is
especially hard after pushing number 37 on the frame counter.

Last, film cameras are relatively cheap because of both relatively low
demand and the frequent need to CLA the new acquisition.  I remember when
the $1000+ for a clean M2-M6 was a very large input.  Now, my M3 needs
about that amount of money to rebuild to newish condition.

To me, the computing power needed is relatively cheap if you do refurbished
or linked companies like Discount Electronics here in Austin that seem to
have a large supply of Dell computers that they willow configure to your
taste and ship at low price for the whole deal.  The biggest expense is in
archiving the files.  I settled on 20+ terabytes on a Drobo.  Plus a couple
of matched hard drives to swap in as technology changes.  I really should
get a second one to mirror and keep offsite.

On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 6:16 AM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> I liked it too. Like him I am somewhere between the two. I love film and
> B&W and as many realise have a thing for "humanist" photography as
> practiced by the likes of Willy Ronis and Lluis.
>
> That being said film requires a lot more gear in the field, but digital
> requires much more equipment back at base. With that comes it's own
> problems. Believe you me I know, I am just rebuilding/upgrading my
> server and it is proving a nightmare! :-)
>
> Having just had seven rolls back from Ilford/Harman has given its own
> issues.
>
> It's always a trade-off. For thoughtful photography nothing beats film,
> IMHO, with only 36 exposures you need to think about what you are doing.
> With digital it is too tempting to shoot away, safe in the idea that you
> are very unlikely to flood a modern SD card.
>
> Then of course there is the cost of digital kit, and as we all know
> there is nothing to compare with shooting with an LTM or M3.
>
> Horses for courses.
>
> Peter
>
> On 29/08/2021 03:39, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > A nice column:
> >
> > https://www.blurb.com/blog/film-digital-photography/
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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