Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is really hard to beat an analog camera for just carrying around with you. Forget batteries? It will still go click. Exposure meter not working? Sunny 16 rule extended will carry the day for negative emulsions. Camera starting to go dead on you? Unlike digital which literally will die between frames an analog camera almost always gives warning and will function a long time while in death throws. Even when my ancient, decrepit, battered SL decided that it wasn't going to keep moving the mirror back down I could zone focus and shoot. Then there is the whole artistic thing with film. Sometimes the random accidents of silver halide produce results that you could never dream up on your own. Its not that you can't do the same thing digitally, it's just that you have to dream it up first. Sure, I could go into the Yosemite valley with a gig(4meg ccd at first level of compression I would get about 500 exposures) of memory, a bag full of batteries and shoot for how many hours before the game is up? Or, I can carry a couple of bricks of film, shoot all day, and not worry about whether the batteries will hold up for a six hour star trail exposure. I am not at all against digital, if I was doing weddings, or portraits, or photojournalism, then you can bet I would have one or more of the Canokons firing away. At the professional level, film costs and reduced time to output, would be winners. But I am not professional, and I enjoy exploring new ways of doing things, often with old stuff used in different ways. So I hope Leica stays in business selling to cranky anachronisms like me. Don dorysrus@mindsprirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html