I can understand the need for the extremely high performance
digital camera by someone working in the top end of commercial
photography these days. This camera with a couple of lenses, is on the
order of $80,000. If it earns its keep its justifiable and maybe, from
a competitive standpoint, necessary. If one assumes a factor of about
10 times to figure equivalent prices c.1950 it would still have been
very expensive.
I also like "wet" or chemical photography, I enjoy it but
understand the advantages of working electronically. I long ago decided
commercial/professional photography was no fun but after thirty years in
television came to the same conclusion about that too. Advanced
technology sometimes has peculiar side effects.
BTW, another hobby is restoring vacuum tube radios. I can do that
as a hobby but much current stuff is either not repairable at all (toss
it and buy a new one) or has to be sent back to the factory.
On 9/17/2016 7:04 PM, Richard Lahrson wrote:
Hi,
I shoot all analog, even trips. I just like the chemicals! As a kid
I had a Gilbert kid's chemistry set. Like all kids, the first thing I
did was make gunpowder and blow up cans. I suppose nowadays
kid's chemistry sets are toned down. I get enough digital just living.
Rich
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 09/17/2016 07:38 PM, Gmail Robert Randall wrote:
> I just purchased a Phase XF camera with a 100 MP IQ3 digital
back, along with 3 new Schneider blue line lenses. I make my
living with cameras like this, and I don't expect the wedding pro
or hobby enthusiast to comprehend the purchase. It shoots in true
16 bit with a 15 stop dynamic range. It is without doubt the most
spectacular camera I've ever owned.
>
> I spent 25 years shooting large format table top product, and
the last 15 years shooting portraits and lifestyle. I can't think
of one situation I've encountered in 40 years of shooting images
for ad agencies that this camera couldn't handle as well, or
better than, any camera I've ever used.
Yeah, there's no question that if my livelihood depended on
photography,
I'd be shooting high end digital. The economics of immediate feedback
and relatively easy corrective action make it the only real game
in town.
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