[Leica] Changing face of photoraphy

[rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)]

I like the analogy - nature photography is very much like hunting with 
a sniper rifle, apart from the obvious difference in outcome.  I've 
seen digital photographers go at it like they have a gatling gun, or 
one of those Metal Storm machines.

The fact that every shot costs around a dollar with Velvia makes me put 
quite some thought into the camera setup and then instils quite some 
discipline when the critters finally get out of bed for their shoot.

What's a roll of film equal to?  About 4 gigabytes?

Rick.

On 05/03/2005, at 6:59 AM, drodgers7798@comcast.net wrote:

> I was just following a Nikon D2X thread another list. I had the chance 
> to test drive one yesterday. It is indeed an amazing camera. But..... 
> I remember when we the LUG included hot debates on whether or not a 
> Lieca M was worth the price (around $2K at the time).  $5K is a lot 
> for a camera body.
>
> Lots of discussion on the above mentioned thread about file size, 
> downloading time, etc. Getting so I can develop a roll of film faster 
> than I can download files on a large CF card (up to 30 min).  Digital 
> files add up. How can a person even manage terabytes of files? Who 
> would want to?
>
> Bigger files demand more computing power.  (sorry to state the 
> obvious! But I just upgraded my system to 4GB of ram and I wonder for 
> how long that will be adequate.)  I sometimes struggle deciding which 
> image to put effort into from a roll of 36.  3,600 on the same subject 
> is overwhelming?
>
> Shooting with film is like shooting with a sniper rifle. I put in a 
> decent amount of effort before each shot. I usually come close to a 
> bullseye. Shooting digital is like using a submachine gun. I think I'm 
> more effective as a sniper.  Or maybe I need to spend more time 
> chimping and deleting.
>
> DaveR