Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina... see my winky on that message... :) ;) I was just pulling your leg! I know you have to keep on using film. If you take a digital camera to Honduras, it better be in an underwater case... :) :) Jim >>At 04:07 PM 5/8/2002 -0400, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>>You've raved so much about the M7 that I couldn't resist. I just >>>ordered one from Carl and will be trying it out in Honduras in June. >> >> >>Tina... when did you start using film again? >> >>;) >> >>Jim > > >I never stopped, Jim!!! It is just so much easier to use digital :-( I >dread the thought of developing more film, which will hang with all of the >other unfiled rolls of film on the racks in my office. When I get back >from Honduras, I will have less film this year, but still enough to be >intimidating. I'm just going to have to break down and hire somebody to >help me, but I don't trust anybody but myself. One misfiled negative is >lost forever. Digital goes straight into the computer and straight on a >CD. I was in the Great Smoky National Park for ramp festivals last >week-end The digital files are already in my stock files, the film is >still in the camera. > >There is no digital equivalent to the Noctilux, however. So I guess I'm >stuck with old-fashioned film for the low light that is all I find in >Honduras. The M7 should help if I leave the aperture at 1.0 and keep >cocking that winder! > >Leically, > >Tina - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html