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: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 18:47:01 -0700
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True, but it seems to have "migrated" ;-)

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)
> >
> > --
> > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([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?)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Film vs... digital? Why are we still having this debate?)