Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/05

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Subject: [Leica] Re: digital?
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 01:52:57 -0500

David Rogers writes:
> 
> I'm not ready to give up on film! At least not yet. Film is versatile and
> archival. Just not as "immediate" as digital capture. We seem to be living
> in a time/culture of immediacy. Is immediacy something we really need, or
> is it something industry is telling us we need?
>
> I've heard all the hype  about digital -- quality, speed, economy. Being
> able to see your image right then has some appeal. But isn't that merely a
> crutch?
>
> Dave
>

That is pretty much how I feel about it--for what I do I do not need the
immediacy of digital. I can live with turning in the film this afternoon and
having negs and contact sheets tomorrow morning, sooner if I process them
myself.

I prefer to invest my time in thinking about the state of the images I am
creating rather than the supposed advances in technology which for my
purposes is dubious.

sl
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