Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've always had more "keeper" images when shooting 120 for the same reason. Only 12 frames, better make 'em good...Just don't like the system weight or the speed of shooting with MF enough. Patrick - --- Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > My experience as well - from the world of amateurs I > have found that I > shoot way too many digital images and do not do > proper editing whereas > when I shoot traditional I am selective as which > frames i scan. This is > in part due to the hassle of scanning vs. already > having the image > digitized. Some would see this as the benefit of > digital - so much > easier to get images in the digital realm. > > ernie > On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:46 PM, David > Rodgers wrote: > > > Neil > > > >>> It seems that photographers are doing what you > would expect them to > >>> do with digital and shooting hundreds of frames > for each shoot where > >>> they would have shot dozens before.<< > > > > Low cost per frame was digital's big draw for me. > I factored > > everything and found that I wasn't really saving > that much. Had some > > problems and spent more on repairs in one month > than I had the > > previous 10 years using Leicas. > > > > I also learned that my style of photography -- > portraits, landscapes, > > postcard and decart images, some documentary and > editorial support, > > etc. -- doesn't benefit from high volume. In fact, > I came away with > > fewer quality images even when shooting 10 times > as many frames. > > Shooting digital wasn't as much fun, either. > > > > About a year ago I was all ready to sell my > Leicas. I'm sooooo glad > > that I didn't. I'm back to film. Digital cameras > weren't a good fit > > for me. I sometimes wonder I'm alone in that > experience. > > > > -- > > DaveR > > www.lightcurves.com > > -- > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > http://www.ernienitka.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html