Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/12
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What can I say - we disagree.
Sure with a box full of filters, I can do the same thing. But I don't have to have the filters, and I don't have to think about them.
And I'm not doing studio work, so don't talk to me about view cameras, or even Hassies for that matter.
And set up to shoot in a given condition? I shoot for up to 12 hours at a stretch, in widely varying lighting conditions - from inside dark rooms, to outside on beaches - in the same day - and that makes digital a godsend. I don't have the situation of just having loaded Tri-x, shot a half-dozen frames at 800, and then follow client outside into brilliant sunlight where I want Fuji Acros, and therefore have to change film and waste 5/6ths of a roll - just switch isos. Believe me, for the work I do, it's a godsend.
Yes, it's far cheap than film - AND processing. I already have the computer and drive space. CDs - and even DVDs - are cheap, when I pay a bit over 10 bucks to buy, develop, and get a contact sheet from a roll of Tri-X. And forget color. For the cost of one color roll I can get 100 CDs. And once I have the cards, I have the cards.
I have yet to have digital take more time than film after processing - what I have found, as I said, is that it can easily take as long as scanning and manipulating film for printing. But don't forget - you don't have to spend an ungodly amount of time getting dust off the damn image with digital, while you often do with film.
It all depends, George, what kind of photography you do, why you do it, and what it costs you to do.
B. D.
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:08 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] epson digital RF report pages
B. D. Colen3/12/04
>*Digital gives me the ability to have 12 - count 'em - 24 different
>film types in my camera for each and every shot - 100, 200, 400, 800,
>1600, and 3200 asa daylight color film; 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and
>3200 tungsten color film; 100,200,400,800,1600, and 3200 asa pan black
>and white film; and 100, 200,400,800,1600, and 3200 asa ortho black and
>white film.
NAH - Variety of speeds - yes. However any single speed film can be used to give daylight or tungsten color balance with filteration; and b&w prints. And of course with view cameras you can switch film as fast as picking up a holder. Hasselblad - interchangeable backs. Etc. Etc.
YEAH - dialing it all in as needed in one body is fun and allows for lots of types of shooting appearing in sequence on one card. But most pro situations. You're set up to shoot a given condition.
>*Digital gives me the freedom to shoot for my own pleasure without
>worrying for a nanosecond about cost; cost may not be an issue for you,
>but it sure is for me, and cost constraints severely limit my personal
>shooting when I'm using film.
NAH - Economics - the drive space and cost of digital hardware and software pays for a lot of film.
>*Digital gives me instant feedback - when and if I want it - to adjust
>exposure, color balance, etc. - and make sure that I'm getting what I
>want.
YEAH - Definitely a real plus for photographer and clients. I'm using my 10D as proofing device, lighting and exposure checker ala polaroid, even when film is the goal.
>*Digital cuts my time to output IF I'm going quick and dirty. If I'm
>going for quality, there is as much time involved in digital post-shoot
>work as there is in scanning and printing film.
In terms of real image processing - sometimes the digital (whether scan from film or capture) takes significantly longer because you can do more with it.
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