[Leica] Re: how to make conventional photography unconventional

[drodgers7798 at comcast.net (David Rodgers)]

Where's the fun?

I think for the masses film was as easy, or easier than digital. Drop in 
film. Shoot. Drop it off at the lab. Get photos. Two years to shoot a 
roll....no problem.

Kodak didn't really market film. They marketed memories. I think today 
consumer digicams are marketing instant gratification. I wonder how many 
images end up as prints, how many are downloaded, and how many end up 
only being shown on the camera's LCD.

Instant gratification is what people want today. I just did a study of 
that subject in relation to the food industry. Which is more gratifying, 
Cocoa Puffs or Quaker Oats? Which is better for you? Check out a 
grocer's shelves. It's not just cereal. Of course, instant gratification 
has nothing to do with photography. Or does it?

DaveR


B. D. Colen wrote:

>You would not however, be adding time to your "work flow" - you would no
>longer be processing film cutting negs, making contacts, going over
>contacts, and making prints. Instead you'd down load images, review them
>as positives, rather than as negatives, and making prints. The time it
>would take to make a print of equal or superior quality to those you
>produce in the wet darkroom would be greatly reduced. AND, and I find it
>interesting that no one has mentioned this lately, any time in the
>future that you decide you want another print identical to the one you
>make now, all you have to do is push a button, rather than go through
>the whole damn process all over again.
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