RE: [Leica] squabbling over digitial vs. film.

[Bob Haight <rhaightjr@yahoo.com>]

That end of an "era" will most likely end the Leica
experience at some point for most everybody. 
- --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Actually, for more and more people, film is one of
> the tracks they run
> on, not THE track. And what you miss here is that we
> have not "inherited
> a two track mode of photography." Rather, we are in
> a period of
> transition in photography in which the main mode of
> image capture shifts
> from film/chemical to electronic/digital, just as
> transitions from one
> capture media to another occurred in earlier ages.
> Film will certainly
> be around for a long time to come, but it will be
> less and less relevant
> to a larger and larger percentage of photo hobbyists
> and pros. That
> doesn't mean film isn't good, it just means that the
> end of an era is
> upon us. ;-)
> 
> 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
> Afterswift@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:21 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] squabbling over digitial vs.
> film.
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/5/03 8:17:09 AM,
> telyt@earthlink.net writes:
> 
> << The endless squabbling over digital vs. film 
> seems pointless to me.
> Each 
> has its strengths and weaknesses; digital is 'good
> enough' for some
> purposes. 
>  For those who feel that settling for 'good enough'
> cheapens the craft, 
> remember that 35mm doesn't provide the image quality
> of 4x5 or medium
> format but is 
> good enough for many purposes.  Good enough is just
> what it means: good 
> enough.  It's all we need. >>
> 
> I think the upshot of all this is that we've
> inherited a two-track mode
> of 
> photography. We need to be competent in both. Since
> this is essentially
> an M 
> list, I would assume that film is the rail we
> essentially run on.
> 
> br 
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