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Subject: [Leica] Re: Film vs. Digital (details)
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu Nov 3 12:18:24 2005
References: <191.4b832d54.309b7619@aol.com>

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
>
>
>
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