Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ray, >>I will be an unwilling user of digital, if I'm ever forced down that track, but I daresay I'll get over it.<< I don't see digital as an all or nothing thing thing. I see it as just another type of film and processing, and at times a darn handy type. It has strengths. It has weaknesses. A friend of mine just took a very high end professional digital camera on an assignment to Seattle. I just received several posts lamenting how badly the thing ate batteries. And it's a heavy beast of a camera. But it's the modern instant film. I'd recommend that anyone who's not involved in digital imaging on any level, get involved immediately. I don't mean buy a digital camera (I don't own one). But quality scanning is very inexpensive. I long for the day when we have as many images referenced on the LUG as we have text posts. Perhaps CAWs (critique a week) as well as PAWs. I stopped e-mailing images to friends and just post them on my site. It's orders of magnitude easier than mailing copies to friends and relatives around the globe. I also still print b/w images in my home darkroom. I've been scanning for nearly two years now. My scanning equipment is getting a bit dated, but it still has lots of life left. Digital imaging has taught me a great deal. Not so much about technology (I have an IT background) but about all aspects of photography. Digital is a great educational tool. If my Coolscan III did nothing more than act as a densiometer it would have been worth it. FWIW, I only feed it Leica negs and trannies. Dave PS, here's a photograph of the Director of a Berkeley based choral group at a gig in the Berkeley's Farmers Market. It's a Leica image, albiet photoshopped a bit. I don't consider it fine art. I consider it as fun art. That's what photography is to me. Fun. Just 30K in size. http://www.lightcurves.com/images/sing7.jpg