In a message dated 7/27/2005 3:22:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The article crystallized it for me beautifully. For 30 years I have got by
with my OM-1, her and I have produced some magnificent photos (she's now
touring the world on the Olympus Odyssey).
No flashing lights or menus. I just attach a Zuiko to the front and I
enter that 'sacred space' without even thinking about it. There's no
technology in my camera to get in the way.
I don't know why I have been tempted by the dark side.
Never say, never.
On my list of "to do" things in my life is to own a Studebaker Big 6
automobile from the 1920's. In its day, perhaps the cats meow. Today it is
still a
means of transportation and joy to the collector, however I would not want
to drive it on our modern highways. That is no way, takes away from its
value when it was built or its value today . . . it only acknowledges that
time
and technology march on, with or without our approval or participation.
To say that the transition to digital is a "walk in the park" would not be
telling the truth. We share something many on this list don't share . . .
having had the good fortune to have experienced many changing of the seasons.
I
say that I prepare to celebrate my 61st birthday next week. Having not
grown up with computers, the addition of digital to my photography has caused
me
many frustrations. That being said, it has also opened many doors, one of
which is that of "creative freedom". For me there is something about the
immediate feedback and "no cost" capture which has activated a freedom of
expression with my photography that didn't exist previously.
The nice thing about digital is that it is not an either/or situation. I
have many cameras and only one is digital. My most recent purchases have been
old simple box and pinhole cameras which I am using. The truth, for me, is
that the camera is but a tool with which I express myself. The digital
camera, like the power saw, is a useful tool. My tool box continues to
change to
facilitate and reflect the work I am doing. Never say, never. Bill Barber
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