[pure-silver] digi latitude

From: <genej2@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] was:catching up II, now digi latitude
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 00:08:02 -0400

> You are not joking.  I've been using a Canon XT digital for my
> ballet gig, and I've really come to appreciate how tolerant film is.
> Digital is a little like shooting slide film all the time.

I also shoot performance/event type photos where lighting crew is very
busy with their control, and have the same problem. I blame my old
digital SLR but seriously, now I shoot ALL films for those, and scan
them in if necessary.

For nightscape, etc., both shadows and highlights are important and
it's beyond the beyond zone system world. Yet, with some burning and
dodging I get very good images from film. I know digital people
bracket and merge them in photoshop, but when I have to pick a
4-minute moment without a car on the street, and have to put the lens
cap on when I *hear* something coming. I don't know whether digital
would work at all. As long as I put the lens cap on, the film doesn't
accumulate too much noise (just a very small intermittency effect---a
non-issue with Acros), but digital cameras are still integrating the
noise.

If digicams improve, I see a point in using them for
performance/event/wedding stuff but I don't see a reason to replace
film for my b&w nightscape work.
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