[LEICA] The Joys of an M

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Tina Manley offered:
Subject: Re: [LEICA] The Joys of an M


TG said:
> I'm about the same in digital frames shot as what I would on film, usually 
> a lot. But when I'm shooting film I'm usually working 3 cameras at the 
> same time so this probably evens out film to digital.<<<

Tina said:
> Exactly!  Instead of several different cameras with different films and 
> ISOs, you can carry one camera with variable ISOs that you can change when 
> the light changes. <<<

Hi Tina,
if nothing else this is one of the great features of digital all on one card 
without changing film or camera and lugging several levels of film.

 >I took 3,000+ photos on my trip to the Middle East, but
> I would have taken that many with film, too, and I would have had to 
> develop them, mount them, edit them, and scan them before I could use them 
> in the assignment I was working on.  And I would have had to carry around 
> all of those rolls of film through all of the airports and metal detectors 
> at the checkpoints in every country!<<<<<

Right there are several advantages of digital beyond the mind set of the 
techie stuff. Sure we may have more frames to work our way through, but in 
the long run it may give some quite different photos because we tend to "try 
things" we'd not with film. Why? Because of carrying extra gear, film and 
pushing film and it never ends when comparing.

If people would stop all the damn comparing stuff and shoot both while 
learning, they might be surprised that the advantages digital to film far 
out weight the whining which one is better than the other. Why?

Well dang they're both tools and each brings a different kind of use and 
neither is 100% perfect better than the other! Just use the right tool for 
the right job and the whine factor will go down by 100%!

Sure there can be a whine factor about shooting more, but heck the camera 
doesn't do it automatically on it's own! It still comes down to the shooter 
plinking away at what he or she thinks.... "looks cool" ERGO: "shoot it, 
let's see what it looks like later!"  And right there is why so many digital 
photogs take more pictures!  Then bitch later! ;-)

And if that's the case, I suggest the whiners think in a similar fashion as 
they would while shooting film..... take your time, look harder before you 
press the button and you'll save yourself a great deal of "work flow" 
effort!

And there's another pain in the ass term! ;-)

"Work flow?" Hell just another one of those "modern day techie terms" to 
confuse old timers about how to develop film, wash, dry, cut, contact, edit 
and start all over again! Only now with hands in the wet stuff making 
prints! Love it even now..... sometimes! ;-)

"Work flow?" hell I just shoot and get on with making prints in merely a new 
fashion! ;-) Work flow be damned! ;-)

ted