Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/15

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Subject: Noisy digital shadows - was: Re: [Leica] re: digital treadmill
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Sun Jan 15 19:50:20 2006
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Oh, I don't know - I like to shoot nude whenever circumstances allow :-)

On a  more serious note, what film format do folks believe is the current
most popular choice among "fine art" photographers these days - 135,
220, 4x5 or larger?

Scott

Frank Filippone wrote:

>Not so sure this is right..... It is mainstream photography for the Kids
>pictures, for working pros doing news, PJ, sports, and books.  May be for
>travel and certainly Commercial.
>
>It is not necessarily mainstream for the Fine Art types..... which sounds
>more like the venue for (aspiring) serious  Nude Photographers.....( models
>not photographers are nude......)  there are better tools available... and
>they should be considered......
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>Film.
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>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
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>>No, I'm not thrilled with the noise in shadows, but I'm getting used to it.
>>I know that there are those who say 'why get used to it  when you can use
>>film?' And the answer is "because it is part of what is now main stream
>>photography."
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