Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: film stuff from the holidays
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:24:08 -0500
References: <CEC89E14-8CB0-419C-A802-0EE4BAECA1B4@frozenlight.eu> <4B52FB38.2040000@gmail.com>
 
i really much prefer the convenience and speed of digital, but scanning old 
negs the past few weeks, i find film has one big advantage:

I stand a lot better chance of pulling out a small portion of an image with 
film than with digital. I guess it's the random size and shape of grain that 
is less offensive than the regular little boxes of digital.

Of course, that may be related to my upbringing with film.

ric



On Jan 17, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Michiel Fokkema wrote:

> Although I'm happy for you that your M8 is back I think it's a pitty you 
> stop shooting film again. They have such a different quality over them 
> when compared to the razor sharp and somewhat clinical look of digital.
> Well, I guess I'm just an old-fashioned guy.
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