Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for such a thorough and thought provoking reply. Frank On 3 Nov, 2005, at 14:18, 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