RE: [Leica] Film "died" for me this week

[DKhong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

Friends,

Digital photography is the thing of the future. It will replace film to 
some or even a large extent. I find digital photography particularly 
relevant when I want to have immediacy, for Net dissemination, for 
publishing, and when I am in the mood for "buffet" photography - a behavior 
of just shoot and shoot and then trash and trash whatever I do not 
want.  All these are relevant to the mind set of the current generation 
that demands immediate results and satisfaction...or for that matter, 
photojournalism now thrives on digital because the images get to the mass 
media in the minimum time interval.

I am still using film for the majority of my shooting. For black and white 
photography, at this point in time, I am of the opinion that pulling out 
that RC or FB print out of the developer / fixer still remains the gold 
standard in the craftsmanship of photo imaging.  My friend who is in the 
forefront of photojournalism in my part of the woods tells me that in 10 
years from now, there will only be about 20 people or even less who will 
still be able to make silver halide prints. The rest would have gone 
digital and given up their enlargers and developing dishes.  Seems like a 
dismal situation. But not necessarily so if you consider that hand printed 
images will become a special art form.  Maybe it's like a situation similar 
to oil paintings and water colour.  Film artists are like oil painters and 
digital photogs are like water colour enthusiasts.

Interestingly, when I shoot a function with film nowadays and show the 
prints later, the subjects compliment me on the quality of the photographs 
with special reference to the tonality, the shadow details and the 3-D 
effect of my photographs. When I shoot in digital, I do not get the same 
compliments. I cannot explain the difference in their perception, after all 
....I am shooting with the same camera technique between one and another.

Dan K.



At 06:24 AM 2/2/04, B. D. Colen wrote:
>Felix - Whether or not one thinks digital is at a point where it is
>competitive with film, there is absolutely no way to argue that film is
>not a more mature technology than digital - film has been around, and
>refined, for how many years, compared to digital's commercial life of,
>what, a decade? ;-)
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Félix
>López de Maturana
>Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 4:45 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Film "died" for me this week
>
>
> >Digital technology is a very immature media compared to film.
>
>Richard
>
>Is this assert based in your digital experience or is a merely personal
>opinion, because mine is quite opposed.
>
>Felix
>
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