Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, If I were a professional photographer, like you, I would have gone digital long ago. I always wanted a really nice Hasselblad. ( I have several really nice Leicas.) I found a used, mint 203 FE at a price it was really hard to refuse. I got it because someone needed funds to buy digital equipment. All this talk about the victory of digital, and there is no doubt in my mind that it is changing photography in some very fundamental ways, makes me feel insecure, and has me wondering if I did the right thing. My day job is as a computer professional. I have a 2 megapixel digital camera. I put Photoshop Elements on my computer. It was an interesting experience. I am not all that creative, but I am decent technically. Mostly what I like to do these days is nice looking 16x20's. I have about thirty spare minutes a day. I play the cello, and these almost always have to be dedicated to practice. I have no time to do wet dark room work, and that also means that I have no time to learn dry dark room work. One of my kids is into digital photography. For me to learn, really learn digital photography, particularly the computer part if it, as well as you or he knows it is going to take me two or three years of practice. Someday I will, but that may have to be a retirement project. Bareny Tina Manley wrote: > At 09:24 PM 6/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >It could not be mage to look as good as a scanned > >immage or a film print. Higlights were always blown out, dark areas > >were just in the dumps - neither could be rescued. I just thought it was > >interesting to see a bunch of very bright photo neophytes SEE the exact > >same thing! All seemed to leave with the impression that digital is OK > >for the web, or shoot on a bright overcast day - but if you want it all, > >stay > >with film. > >Just an observation - don't shoot the messenger! > >Ed > > As you say, Ed, they are photo neophytes. The learning curve for PhotoShop > is very long. If you invest the time and effort to learn what PhotoShop > can do, you will have no doubts that digital can surpass film - even in the > dynamic range category. It does take time and effort to learn how to use > it. I think I could study PhotoShop for the rest of my life and never > learn everything that it can do. It is an extremely complex and powerful > program. I am amazed every day at what I can do with PhotoShop, but you do > have to dedicate a lot of hours to learning how to use it. On the other > hand, it is fun!! > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > photos available from: > www.pdiphotos.com > www.workbookstock.com > www.mira.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html