Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, Maybe I have too much time on my hands now that I'm retired. When I go out to shoot I frequently take a digital and a film camera. I certainly don't begrudge you of an artistic tool. Go for it. I just feel differently about the two medians. I must confess I just set up my darkroom again after not having one for over 20 years. I miss the look of true analog for those special images. Just old fahioned. And old as well. 8>) Even though I can take B&W digital in camera images, I've never been happy with the outcome. They always seem to lack depth. I had a B&W 13x19 print made from a digital image on the wall in my dining room. I took it down two weeks ago because I didn't like the look. I went out and tried to duplicate the same scene in film. I haven't printed it yet. But I won't fault anybody from posting B&W digital. Happy shooting, Len On Dec 2, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > Len I have M bodies and lenses as well, the point is that plug-ins > like this > enable us to partially replicate the look we love when we don't > have the > time to develop and scan several films a week. > > I've only been using the plug-in for a day, but I'm nearly ready to > cough up > my $199 - especially given the third world status of the dollar > compared to > the pound or Euro at the moment :-) > > You may as well argue that people shooting digital shouldn't post > b&w ;-) > > Steve > > > On 2/12/06 22:38, "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I agree with Hoppy. If you need to work at making digital look like >> film, it tells me the preferred look of photographic images is that >> made with film. I love PS and digital cameras of which I have a large >> investment. But when I want a photo to have a certain traditional >> look, I have a few very nice M bodies and lenses for that. >> >> Len > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information