Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Reasons to use film
From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:14:21 -0500

One thing that film lets you do that digital refuses to is film forces you
to take a break every 36 exposures which gives you time to think "hey, am I
doing the right thing?" 

One of those fancy digital shooters can go 600 images without taking her eye
out of the viewfinder, which means, figuring the amount of time it takes to
change film as 60 seconds, the digital shooter is denied almost 17 full
minutes of time to think and reflect. This "film time" keeps you focused.
Digital doesn't allow for that. 

Another reason to use film is that having a limited number of exposures
forces you to wait and take the best picture. If you only have four frames
left, you're going to take a heck of a good photo. Digital users have the
disadvantage of rediculous numbers of exposures and the ability to go back
and delete out of focus frames to make more space, thus putting them at a
disadvantage.

Kc
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