[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:30:38 +0000
There are 2 things to say here. Firstly, you don't -need- to upgrade that
often, if at all nowadays. I get results I am happy with. I do not need a
bigger LCD or more functions. The resolution and dynamic range of the cameras I
own is fine for everything I do. As I have written before, I personally get
better results from digital than I got from film, so I have no need to upgrade
again in my lifetime. This will save me a lot of money.
If you take a lot of photographs film is very expensive. Even in the early days
of digital a pro sport photographer would pay for his camera body in 3 to 6
months in saved film costs alone.
For an amateur taking fine art pictures on medium format the cost would be
substantial, but I expect that is a minority of photographers.
Frank
On 24 Mar, 2010, at 21:51, Marc James Small wrote:
> At 02:31 PM 3/24/2010, Allen Zak wrote:
> >For me, it has been a mixed experience. Customer demand and support
> >resources have caused me to go all digital for editorial, portrait and
> >event photography since summer 2004 when I did my last job with film.
> >Even then I was one of the last holdouts in my area. In every way my
> >photography has become easier, less expensive
>
> LESS expensive? Surely, you jest! The overhead for digital is immense, and
> the demands that you upgrade every six months or so are horrifying. LESS
> expensive? You jest! I am a poor man. I lack the $35,000 or more it would
> cost me to go digital. I already have the chemical stuff and the gear to
> make shots on film.
>
> You rich guys have all the luck!
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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