Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital has won....?
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:26:00 +1000

I feel a bit like this: soon I will be exotic ---- "you print your own 
film --- what's film?" ;-)

On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 19:00 Australia/Melbourne, Rick Dykstra 
wrote:

> 'Digital' has been good for me, even though I've only ever looked at 
> it warily and from a safe distance.  It seems that people in general 
> are forgetting what good photos look like, as, for a few years now 
> they've been getting 'digital' prints from school and sports event 
> photographers.  I come along with my old fashioned Leicas and good 
> film like Reala and I keep hearing, "These are so much better than 
> last year's photos".  I can handle that.  I guess what I'm doing still 
> falls neatly within the bounds of what film is good for.
>
> Are any industry experts forecasting the sunset of professional 
> standard D&P services?  My preferred lab has already dumped Cibachrome 
> in favour of scanning and printing at 250 lines per inch.
>
> Regards,  Rick Dykstra. Australia.
>
>
> On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 11:41  PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> yes Jim... I fully understand the dilemma, especially for the pro....
>> pushing in favor of ease, efficiency, expediency...truly yes.
>> But it's, foregive me all (a bit) like trading in your favorite 
>> fountain
>> pen for a bic...
>> For me, at least, there is no dilemma, not now... I want the look, the
>> personal control,  and I am
>> proud to be a stick in the mud, like a few others around here...Steve
>
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Alastair

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