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Subject: [Leica] query from new subscriber
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Thu Jan 8 21:54:58 2009

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 new subscriber wrote:
>
> How many photographers -- serious and otherwise -- still use M2 or similar 
> cameras?
> Who develops the film?
> Is it about using film and then digitizing the images, or what?
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New Lugger, I'm not typical of the LUG, but here's my story.

While at work I use digital cameras 95%.  On my time the figure is almost 
reversed.  
I primarily shoot B&W, with my M3, M2, IIIf, Rolleiflex, Bessa II, 4x5 
Graflex, Pentax 6x7 
and Nikon F. I like the way they feel, love B&W, and prefer a film negative 
to a digital file.
Still enjoy developing film in the darkroom.  
I usually use Olympus OM's for color slides (on Kodachrome, for as long as 
is possible).
In August I bought a Canon 30D to carry to and from work in case I see an 
image that
could go in the campus files, (I didn't want to have to lug around a 1D MkII 
off-duty
too), and used it somewhat to capture autumn colors, and pictures of our 
cats, but I still 
get an empty feeling when I have an image that only consists of 0's and 1's. 
I digitize 
pictures to put on the LUG Gallery, but like having that analog original 
that can be viewed 
without electronic intervention. 
I know others shake their heads at all this, but photography is my hobby as 
well as my 
profession, and it seems that there are a lot of other crazy hobbies.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/



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