[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:50:24 -0700
Film DOES have nicer skin tones, but if you are doing things from a business
perspective, digital can save you a ton of money.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:24 PM, John Stockdale <j.sto@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No he was actually about half my age! (Making him about 30). He did talk
> about skin tones being better.
>
> John
>
> ==========
>
> Peter K. wrote:
>
> I bet he was an older photographer. Many still use film because aside email
> and web surfing, using a PC eludes them. There are advantages either way.
> But the latest 35mm film will do a superb job and allow for large blow up
> where only 10 years ago it required a medim format camera like a Rollei.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:01 PM, John Stockdale <j.sto@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I was at a wedding here (Australia) recently as a guest and taking a few
>> shots and I got talking to the pro who had two big Canons around his neck. I
>> was surprised to find that they were not digital. He said that he had gone
>> back to film because digital took him too long to process!
>>
>>
>>
>> Elias_Roustom wrote:
>>
>>> It was 1996 or 7 when I took my Rolleiflex with me to NYC for the day. I
>>> freelance illustrated for a publisher who had a space across from a
>>> photographer (somewhere low on 7th).
>>> He didn't offer to buy it, but was very interested in it, and in any case
>>> told me to take good care of the very special camera I had. I knew next to
>>> nothing about it at the time.
>>> I imagine back then it was still a viable piece of equipment for a pro.
>>> About when did the TLR really drop out of the picture for commercial use,
>>> and when did Rollei specifically loose its place?
>>>
>>> And somewhat related, are we far away enough from the advent of digital
>>> to put a date on when film dropped out of commercial use? Is there a moment
>>> that will end up in some text book a generation from now?
>>> Not looking for polemic on film vs. digital here. I was at a
>>> photographer's studio the other day delivering a job, and after some small
>>> talk I got the idea that the fellow never used film professionally. He has
>>> an established business and does everything from Politician's head shots to
>>> weddings, and products. So I figure we're well into the digital age now that
>>> a working pro can't remember the use of film.
>>>
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