Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:08:01 -0800
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Dipping our Toe Into Digital
And another side: When you carry a film camera which is inexpensive
by today's rising digital standard, you have the potential when faced
with a stunning subject and great care in taking the picture of
creating that once in a lifetime shot that ends up on the wall in a
giant sized enlargement. If you opt for an affordable digital in the
2 or 3 megapixel range which makes fine 4 X 6 prints you cut off that
creative option. If you opt to get a second mortgage on the house,
lose your spouse, and buy an 11-14 megapixel wonder with the same
capability as your $10 roll of film you may not find that wonderful
photo it is capable of before it is so outmoded in 3 or 4 years as to
be embarrassing to be seen with. :-)
If a photographer shares your concerns that they will miss the once
in a lifetime shot that they can't blow up to wall size, then carry a
film camera. Its no big deal. One could get the impression reading
this list for the first time that the pro-digital folks are "digital
or nothing", and the film folks are "film or nothing".
I carry both. My Contax T3 (the camera you and I both own and love,
Winsor) goes with me everywhere -it is always loaded with slide film.
But I am starting to take the D60 with me everywhere, too (the only
digital I have right now, but I *will* have another, likely a C-50Z
or the new Contax TVS digital); to have the added versatility of
digital. As I have said before, and likely will say again, it's a
wonderful extension to the set of tools we know and love (our OM
gear), not a replacement (at least for me). Winsor's point is a good
one but can be just as well applied to a digital camera, too....to be
able to review, experiment, and reshoot a shot with the immediate
feedback you get from digital: Last night I stopped back in Danville,
CA for some dinner after coming back from San Jose. The town was
decked out in Christmas lights...I took out the D60 and shot some
storefronts/windows with the D60. One of them was a storefront with a
white door. The standard white balance setting was all wrong (too
yellow), so I made a custom white balance from the door, and
reshot...perfect white balance. I also shot a nice window front for a
cigar store that was all decorated....I shot a number of frames, with
different exposure compensations and white balances. Took the camera
into the pub down the street, had a Boddington's, and reviewed my
photos on the Powerbook in PS7. Decided that I liked a particular
setting, but wanted to frame the shot a little differently. After my
beer and light meal, I went back, set up the tripod and got the photo
I wanted. Like to see you do that with film.
-Stephen Scharf
--
2001 CBR600F4i - Fantastic!
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