RE: [Leica] The new digital reality -

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Hi, Rich - First, and this is a general comment - I'd point out once
again that while I am open to new technology, and am excited about
certain aspects of digital, I am still primarily a Leica-shooting film
user, and I still prefer the look of B&W film to digital. I am neither a
digital expert, nor someone who is out to proclaim digital a "king" of
some sort - I was simply telling a story and raising questions...

That said...there are storage questions about traditional photography as
well. There was a recent story in, I believe, the Washington Post
Magazine about Corbis and its storage facility underground in Western
Penna. One of the things Corbis has acquired is the priceless Betaman
Archives - which are literally falling apart. Traditional photo
technology has its own life-span problems, but until the advent of
digital, and some people's apparent need to attack it on any grounds
they could find, not only weren't most photographers asking "how long"
will a given photo paper or film last, it wasn't even something that
crossed their mind. Our recent obsession with the archival nature of
images and material is just that, recent.



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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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