[pure-silver] Re: Film vs Digital- was: Amusing Kodak commercial
- From: "Ralph W. Lambrecht" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:07:39 +0100
Amen to that!
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2006-12-30 14:58, "Speedy ." <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Harry Lock,
>
> Thanks for your post. It had me nodding my head and laughing at the same
> time!
>
> I usually describe myself as a Grumpy old Bas***d.
>
> I would like to respond to something you wrote:
> ------------
> "Seriously though, I do believe that people with chemical stained
> finger-nails who wear clothes that smell vaguely of fixer and walk with that
> familiar developing tray stoop, do make better digital photographers. This
> is because we know what is possible when we press the shutter button."
> ------------
>
> From what I have seen I have to agree. The folks I know who have gone
> digital are mostly newbies to imagemaking (I almost said photography). Many
> have expressed that if their electronic marvel misses on exposure no problem
> they just shoot again and again and then delete those that are
> unacceptable...
>
> As a film photgrapher I have diciplined myself to always attempt to capture
> what I want in one shot.
> I rarely (very rarely) ever bracket anything, and because I print my own
> images in a time consuming darkroom process I pretty decide before tripping
> the shutter whether the image I am about to capture is worth the time it
> would take to print it. It's called "Shot Dicipline" and most digital
> shooters lack it. For this reason they do not spend the time to learn what
> makes a good photograph they just blaze away.
>
> Like you I get a bit perturbed with those who seem to be on an almost
> religious quest to convert all of those heathen film shooters to the true
> faith. For them I have a SINGLE DIGIT REFLEX!
>
> Good Light!
> and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
>
> Speedy
>
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