Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11
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Hi Dave,
Digital is nailing Polaroid for the count. Those cheap digital cameras
fill
a market that Polaroid counted on for film sales. I recall as a frosh at RIT,
Polaroid practically gave the class their 4x5 back. Bankrupcy? Like....
"Rodgers, David" wrote:
> 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