[Leica] digital transformation

[ealadner at comcast.net (Eric Ladner)]

On Apr 27, 2005, at 7:35 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> So I guess what I am really wondering is, how many of us on the list 
> are
> somewhat nostalgic for film, or have genuinely embraced the digital
> revolution?

For the last couple of years, my little, fairly simple digital camera 
has been a great stimulus in getting me to be more active in 
photography again--I'd been sort of burned out, but the almost-instant 
feedback of plugging the camera into the Mac, correcting the image in 
Photoshop, and making a print really got me to thinking about pictures 
again. Figuring out how to get the most out of a basically 
point-and-shoot-camera was a challenge.

Yesterday I drove over to Marin to meet Bill Lawlor and buy an MR meter 
from him, to replace one I destroyed (by slipping on some ice and 
falling on it) some years ago. We--me with my M3 and the MR, he with 
his new CV R3--took a photo stroll around an area of former houseboats 
converted to on-the-land houses that I never would have found on my 
own.  I spent a good bit of time today wandering around my  
neighborhood with the M3.

I'd like to have a black and white darkroom again someday, but I doubt 
that I'll ever try to do wet-process color again.

So, the answer to your question is yes and yes.

And I'll bet that if Ansel were alive today, he'd be out trying out the 
latest in digital equipment!

--Eric