Re: Digital Sucks - off topic

Greg,

A camera is a tool and as such no one is "better" then the other but the
person using this tool can make a huge difference on the result and of
course some types of camera behave differently to different types of work.
Yes, a tool can go bad and can break sometimes but to say digital cameras
sucks when we all know some wonderful things have been done with them is
hard to accept.

I had a digital SLR camera myself and I sold it for a Bronica Etrsi and I'm
very happy I did but you'll never ear me say I did this because digital is
crap on the contrary, it was a fine camera and in the hands of someone who
can get the most of it I'm sure beautiful images can be made with it, I just
couldn't, at least not to my satisfaction. I'll try pinholes camera in a
near future, maybe I'll find them to be just what I'm looking for, we never
know until we try...

Regards
Yves

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Schmitz" <gws1@columbia.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Sucks - off topic

> On Thu, 25 May 2006, Ender100@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Have you found that you make the same living while continuing to shoot
film
> > as you have in the past? Clients don't mind? Do you scan the film
then for
> > clients?
>
> Mark, It's hard for me to say what clients want here as I'm new to the
> Alaska market. In general, from what I've seen here and in NYC, digital
> has reduced the demand for professional photographers -and- perhaps
> reduced slightly what clients are willing to pay, at least in small local
> markets. If I need scans I let my lab do it.
>
> > It sounds like you had a most unusually good experience with
film/cameras in
> > your career... and a bad one with digital. I'm not sure either is
> > representative.
>
> I do think my experience is fairly representative. Since I'm using
> cameras and lenses from many different manufacturers I would assume that
> if mechanical equipment were prone to failure I would have experienced it
> by now (I do have my equipment serviced on a regular basis). On the other
> hand I've seen lots of electronic equipment, including my own, fail with
> regularity.
>
> > Does the useless digital camera have a useless digital warantee?
>
> Unfortunately, the warranty has expired.
>
> > Clipped highlights with digital cameras is a common error people make,
but
> > easily avoided if you have tested your camera.
>
> Yes, but based on my observations I don't think digital handles highlights
> (clipped or not) as well as film.
>
> > Best Wishes,
> > Mark Nelson
> > Precision Digital Negatives--The Book
> > PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups
> > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>
>
> Best -greg
Received on 05/26/06-06:39:24 AM Z