Stephen:
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I'm the one who made the comment about "shoot and review" and at least
encouraged the comments about shotgun/machine gun approach. So, I'll fess up.
What you say is absolutely correct, of course. A previous comment about 35mm
vs. 4x5 was well taken, too. I shoot film in both formats and am starting to
shoot digital. HOWEVER... the technology one uses DOES (or at least can)
influence ones methods. Learning on the spot is a wonderful tool for some
people; obviously it is for you. And over on DP Review there are some good
photographers doing great things with their digital cameras. But it is still
true that the nature of digital cameras opens up the machine gun/shotgun
approach to lots of "photographers". I suspect many are more techno-geeks than
photographers.
Anyway, if I am shooting 4x5 and paying for the film and processing, waiting
2-3 days doesn't make a damn bit of difference to me as far as learning my
lessons goes. In fact, the extra expense and the fact that in many cases I
cannot recreate the event is a huge incentive to learn well and get it right
the first time.
Earl
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