[Leica] Changing face of photoraphy

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

Which they easily are when scanned at 4000 dpi
best,
simon jessurun


> And for a roll of film to be equal to four gig, each image would have to
> be a file of over 100 megs.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Rick Dykstra
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 5:28 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Changing face of photoraphy
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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