[LRflex] Re: FILM or DIGITAL - Final Poll Results
- From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkcp@xxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:34:50 -0500
Eric,
Thanks, this was interesting to see.
GaryP
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Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:50 PM
Subject: [LRflex] FILM or DIGITAL - Final Poll Results
Hello everyone!
We had a total of 30 respondents to this online poll initiated about 2
weeks ago.
The results are tabulated here:
http://www.geocities.com/dr_eric_chan/LeicaReflexUserFormats.htm<http://www.geocities.com/dr_eric_chan/LeicaReflexUserFormats.htm>
A chart of preference-per-user can be accessed on the top left hand
corner of the above table (underneath red LEICA logo), or you can go
directly with this link here:
http://www.geocities.com/dr_eric_chan/LeicaReflexUserFormats.gif<http://www.geocities.com/dr_eric_chan/LeicaReflexUserFormats.gif>
SURVEY SUMMARY:
20 of the 30 (66.67%) respondents use film 70% or more of the time,
out of which
10 use nothing but film (i.e. overwhelmingly 33% of all respondents).
7 of the 30 respondents use digital cameras 70% or more of the time.
2 out of 30 respondents use digital cameras for all their picture
taking efforts.
CONCLUSION:
This international survey carried out in late May-early June 2006
received a limited number of respondents (30) from the Leica Reflex
Mailing List. Within this small cohort, results indicate that film
usage is still very much the medium of choice, with the greater
majority of respondents (66.67%) relying on film for their results.
DISCUSSION:
It is very interesting that, with all the talk and furor about the
impending end of the film era, we have a representative population of
serious photographers on our list that still use mulitple types of
films, with even a few into film formats larger than 35mm.
While it is possible that the results show a bias due to the type of
photographer responding on this thread, it is still good to know that
the perception and reliance of unsurpassed quality from modern film
media continues to satisfy the discerning tastes of photographers who
have refined and highly educated tastes in their choice of cameras and
lenses.
Another observation from the conversations on the thread (not the
survey) is that cost is still prohibitive for those of us that would
otherwise consider a high end digital camera system (e.g. Leica R8/9
with DMR; CANON 5D, or building up a new "Olympa" 4/3 system from
ground up, etc.), and also the technology transition carries with it a
learning curve on software post-processing.
Thanks again, one and all, to those of you who shared your shooting
preferences!
~ Eric Chan
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