Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lew, > The pluses for me are: > 1. Ease of reproduction, distribution. Film wins for me there. I drop my film off at a local store, and presto, I get back double prints, and I can lay the stacks of them on the kitchen table, and anyone can thumb through them and take the ones I want. Yes, SOME people can do that with a digital camera, but that is not true everywhere, and is certainly not that easy. > 2. Variety of output media. You can scan film, and output it on any media you can print any digital photo on... > 3. Unity of input media ( stuff shot in bw, slides, cn and/or > large format: all saved as the same digital stuff. Er, huh? > 4. Ease and flexibility of editing. Again, scanning makes for the same ability. > 5. Archival qualities. Well, er, ah...film is FAR more archival than digital files are! And, again, you can always scan the film... Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html