Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Out of curiosity Sonny, have you tried any of the cheap digital printing shops - either locally or online? Reading your thoughts on recording life spurred a thought in my head about getting some inexpensive 4x6's of many of my digi shots. If you were to get in the habit of using those shops you'd have a nice shoebox full 'o' memories. Dave On 11/3/05, SonC@aol.com <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 11/3/2005 12:44:03 A.M. Central Standard Time, > Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com writes: > > >>Hi Sonny, > >>are you giving up on digital because you tend not to print from > >>digital files or because of print longevity? > > =============== > I tend to not print from digital files, but there's more: I work in the > Archives, my main job being digitization and access to a vast photo > collection > from this region. The pictures that were taken as art, or general > landscapes > seem to have less value to researchers, and others who have need for a > look > back into the past to see how we and others lived back then. I recently > realized, even though I keep all my digital files, that I can't just > pick up a > album or a shoebox, and look back at about the last two years of my > family's > life. > > These are important years. My sons have been moderately successful in > their > music, both my parents passed away, one daughter is getting married, we > had > a family reunion that included others that are no longer with us. > > It's not just my own work I'm thinking of, but I believe we as a > civilization are headed for a void in the record of our lives and how we > lived them.. > > ============== > > >>I am a keen amateur but I find, whilst I - much - prefer using my M6 > >>a digital camera suits my requirements much better. I take a camera > >>everywhere but rarely take more than a handful of shots. > =========== > > Now that I'm back to film, I shoot about 36 exposures a week, unless I am > on > a project. > =============== > > >>The ability to change ISO to suit conditions and to download my > >>pictures > as soon > >>as I get home are the deciding factors for me for everyday use. > >>I still use digital in difficult, mixed lighting conditions at work, and > for quick copies of >>photos and documents to show archive clients over > email. > Saves sending big scans, and >>also, some over sized paintings and maps I > could not scan anyhow. If it is what they >>want, then we reproduce the > material in a manner suitable for their needs. > > > >>When we went on holiday to Iceland this August I took film and > >>digital cameras - I took 12 rolls of film and 1400 digital pictures. > > ========== > Yeah, I went on vacation this year and shot only 6 frames of film, all the > some 300 digital images are on a hard-drive. Again, my point about being > able to browse them on my easy chair. > > ================= > >>Due to lack of spare time I have so far scanned 4 frames from the > >>film (one evenings work for me) but I have looked at a fair > >>proportion of the digital shots. > ============== > > If you had processed the film and made 4 x 6 prints you could have looked > at > all of them now, and chosen the few to scan, and kept the others in a nice > shoebox. By the way, they make archival shoeboxes made of non-buffered > materials to protect the photos. > > http://www.archivalmethods.com/category.cfm?categoryid=39 > > ======================= > >>If there is a digital M which feels like my M6 and at least matches > >>35mm film I will almost certainly get one, I much prefer the M to a > >>reflex and will be glad to be able to use my lovely M and LTM lenses > >>more often again. > >>all the best, > >>Frank > ======================= > > I probably won't get a digital M, unless forced to. My Leica M7's seem to > me to be the ultimate cameras for almost everything I do. > > There are however, times I need macro, a longer lens, or great haste and > I > will probably continue my Friday Flowers with my Pentax *istDs, because it > allows me lots of flexibility for those things. > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >