Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:45:07 +0000
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Richard the original topic was actually about Lluis wanting to print for
exhibition from scans and digital originals to look very similar in his
large exhibition prints
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 at 7:16 am, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> One painter uses acrylics, another oils. What's the difference?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Man
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 4:13 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?
>
> I shot 130+ sheets of 4x5 portra in 2 long weekends a couple weeks ago.
>
> Film is for people who want to shoot film. It's a subset of people who are
> photographers. The default is to use digital. Because it is good enough for
> anything and everything.
>
> OTOH, if people want to shoot film, let them shoot film.
>
> (just sold my Nikon LS-9000 and a left kidney to buy a Imacon 868)
>
> --
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Replies: Reply from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?)
In reply to: Message from billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce) ([Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?)