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Subject: [Leica] Re: Film vs. Digital (details)
From: dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason)
Date: Thu Nov 3 06:34:09 2005
References: <191.4b832d54.309b7619@aol.com>

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
>
>
>
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