[rollei_list] Re: Film/Digital
- From: daxelb@xxxxxxx
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:24:26 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Eric,
Yes, but if you told me that you actually meant that my mother was a fine
cultured woman and I had no reason to doubt you I would accept you at your word.
And I thought David's intent was clear. I have nine film cameras and a working
darkroom and only one digital camera but I have no problem with the statement
that "digital has won the war over film." Fine art photographers and artists
(and film-makers) are few in comparison to the millions if not billions of folk
using digital cameras today.
If I said roses were beautiful and you said you knew someone who had died from
an allergic reaction to that very flower so that roses were, in fact, dreadful
things it would not be clarification but an arbitrary reaction.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rollei_list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 1:53 pm
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Film/Digital
Hi David Baumbach -
On this forum, all we have are words. If someone dashes off some
disconnected thoughts which he really did not think about and really
did not mean, we can either ignore him or respond to him...
If I were to say your mother wears army boots, but it turns out what I
really meant was your mother is a fine and cultured woman, you might
be grateful someone took the time to make the true meaning clear
though discourse and challenge...
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:16 AM, <daxelb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I usually just "listen" because I've had my throat jumped down after having
> inadvertently misspoke but post now because I think we must respect David's
> avowed intentions rather than pick apart an interpretation of what he has
> written. The man likes film but appreciates that digital (excluding the
> motion picture industry) is the preferred form for popular photography.
> David Baumbach
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Sadowski <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: rollei_list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 9:33 pm
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Film/Digital
>
> I work with both film and digital, and am not "brainwashed" in favor of
> digital. And to say that the world has gone over to digital at a rapid pace
> is not a "dumb statement," it's a simple fact.
> 15 years ago, I had my own lab. Since that time, much of the market for
> conventional film has more or less collapsed at a rapid pace, and much
> faster than I had even thought possible back then.
> We used to sell boatloads of Polaroid in the photo industry... now there is
> no more Polaroid, except a name they stick on TVs and stuff. Looks like
> Kodak is heading the same way.
> I'm noit being a pessimist, just a realist.
> Film will never completely disappear, just as black-and-white never
> disappeared. But whatever supposed advantages you can think of for film,
> digital will eventually catch up and surpass it. That much is inevitable,
> that's just progress.
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