Some of those shots of Paris are really beautiful, Ann. -- Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ann sanfedele > Sent: 23 April 2007 22:50 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Just for the hell of it! > > Toine wrote: > > >Digital isn't better than film.It's a lot easier and in theory > >cheaper. In fact thanks to digital I started shooting again. The dark > >room was a disaster and shooting color pos. or neg. was > even worse. I > >hated the long waiting and the ugly prints from the color lab. Tried > >PhotoCd and digital scanners which was a little more fun but very > >expensive and time consuming. > >Shooting RAW and inkjet printers is what I want! > >So every picture I have shot the last years would not have > made with film. > > > > Lots of shots I've taken I couldn't have gotten using digital - I > couldn't have reacted soon enough... > I also couldn't have gotten them with camera's that required > batteries > for anything but a light meter... > I couldn't react fast enough... a KX or an LX (without the > winder) and a > 50mm lens , tri-x - shutter speed at > 250, f8 and hyperfocal distance set - and the camera around my neck > requiring only that I lift the camera to > my eye and click... > > This one is one that no matter how quick my reflexes were, the > combination of having to turn on the camera > and turn off the auto focus , etc... would have done me in, I think - > because I was shooting through the > dirty window of a train - if I had to change the auto focus > I normally > use shooting digital to manual and turn > on the camera I'd have been dead - well, or gotten a different shot... > > also, there was much less to know about a manual camera - aperture, > shutter speed, focus, ISO, DOF view, quickly changed > with visible knobs. > > http://tinyurl.com/2vqkx5 > > The main benefits of digital to me are > > no dark room chemicals to inhale or dispose of. > being able to "chimp" (when one is taking pics of something > one can do a > quick do over on) > and quickly get my ebay stuff photo'ed and on line. > > the lightness of the camera - my LX feels like I'm carrying workout > weights when I lift it now. > and the speed with which I can see results > > ann > > > > > > > > > > > > >On 4/23/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Ok, just for the hell of it. The general opinion here is > that digital is > >>better than film, so how about everyone posting a photo > that they took > >>with digital that they feel they could not, or would not, > have done with > >>film. > >> > >>-graywolf > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
