Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tell it to Jacques Lowe's daughter. RS > > Dear Colleagues, > > I think we may be missing the point. I have no doubt that digital technology > will be impressive and every bit as good as film to most folks. Even BF > (before Foveon) the quality of the $1000 Nikon, Canon, and Olmpus cameras > could turn out a splendid print. > > To me quality of digital cameras and even digital printing isn't the issue. > The issue is the evidence we have for the original exposure -- its time, > place, subject(s) and lighting. Digital can't sustain that documentation over > the long term. I've been using my Leicas for over three decades. I have every > one of their negatives filed and accessible in a few minutes. Those negatives > are immutable. They'll be that way until they crumble into dust, which can > take well over a century. The photography I want to save falls into the film > category. Other uses of photography match digital technology perfectly; and > I'll use digital for those purposes. > > As time goes on I believe that digital cameras will look very much like their > film counterparts. For all I know, perhaps we'll be able to routinely click a > digital module into a film camera body in the field. Interchangeable lenses > at one end and interchangeable sensors at the other. A Leica M will remain a > Leica M, even with this modification. And if we want a new dedicated film > Leica M, we'll be able to buy that as well. > > But we all know how to make a contact print file of our negatives and read > them against light. Digital thumbnails previewed on a computer monitor is on > the other side. > > Ladies and Gentlemen: Start your engines! > > br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html