Re: [Leica] The new digital reality -

[tripspud <tripspud@transbay.net>]

Hi BD,

       The other important issue with digital is storage for the near and
distant future.  Film has a good track record, there's the negative.
Digital is on CDs mostly today.  What about tomorrow?  And if
it's transferred to the new medium, that's usually time consuming.

       Also, magazines and newspapers may not keep ALL the digital
images after the initial use.  I recall seeing a TV documentary about
this.  It concerned the former president and that Monica woman.
One photographer, the guy being interviewed on the show, had a
film image of the two of them meeting at some event.  Other
photographers had been on the scene, but they could not retrieve
the image because it had not been saved.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspdud@transbay.net

bdcolen wrote:

> That's true, Simon. But I'll bet that there are allot of photos being
> missed because photographers aren't sticking around to take them because
> they've looked at the LCD, seen a half-dozen good shots, and figured
> that's all they need of a given demonstration, for instance, so they
> leave. True, things could always happen after a photographer moved on,
> but I'll bet the moving on is occurring faster these days.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Simon Lamb
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:53 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The new digital reality -
>
> But B.D., surely it is better to know you 'Got it!' than take five rolls
> and not know whether you 'Got it!' at all until they are developed.  By
> then it will be too late, and you'll never 'Get it!'.
>
> Simon
>
> On 30/5/03 12:25 am, "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I agree with you entirely, Bill. I see digital as just a new form of
> > "film," a new material on which to snag the image. There is an added
> > bit of excitement, satisfaction, in being able to review the images
> > immediately, and either keep shooting, or say "Got it!" But saying
> > "Got it!" has its dangers, as well as its advantages. Because there
> > will be many situations in which photographers will miss truly
> > important, meaningful shots because they will already have said "Got
> > it!" and walked away.
> >
> > B. D.

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