[Leica] Film, a few thoughts.

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Nice blog layout. Where did you get that format?



Op 26-okt-06, om 22:18 heeft Harrison McClary het volgende geschreven:

> Following are a few thoughts I have had on why shoot film over  
> digital. This along with other things relating to my daily  
> photography are located on my blog at:
>
> http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html
>
> Over the last few months I have been finding myself shooting more  
> and more film. This is mostly film shot for personal photos, my  
> professional work is still done using my EOS digitals.
>
> Why would I shoot film, when I have one of the best digital cameras  
> made? For me there are several reasons.
>
> First is that I get to use my Leica M6es more. Those are, to me,  
> simply the best photographic tools I have ever used. They are a no  
> nonsense camera. Somehow the M?s seem to ?get out of the way? of my  
> creative shooting and allow me to make photos that I like better  
> and easier with less thought than any SLR I have used.
>
> Second I like dropping my film off, going back picking up the negs,  
> prints and a CD...all done and ready to put in a scrap book or  
> whatever. With digital I have to download, edit and then put on a  
> CD take to the lab and get prints made. The ability to edit and do  
> final prep work on the images is why I like Digital for work, but I  
> HATE it for personal photos. I do more than enough of that junk on  
> a daily basis for paying customers, do not care to do it for  
> myself. I am just too lazy. LOL
>
> I have discovered that at Costco they give excellent prints at a  
> very cheap price, also the photos they place on CD are more than  
> adequate for putting on the web, or other things I need a digital  
> file for. Should I need a larger file from a film image I can  
> always scan it with my Nikon 4000 and get a 40 meg scan.
>
> One thing I think many many people who are buying the tiny point  
> and shoot digitals are not thinking about is how are they going to  
> look at those photos 5 years down the road when they have a new  
> computer or a disk fails on them. Most ?happy snappers? have no  
> clue as to the downfalls of digital and the storage issues.
>
> For my personal photos of my kids and family I try to get 4x6  
> prints made so that I at least have a hard copy of the memories the  
> photos represent.
>
> Anyway, for me and now I am having fun once again with my Leicas  
> and shooting film on my kids and wife.
>
> -- 
> Harrison McClary
> Harrison McClary Photography
> harrison@mcclary.net
> http://www.mcclary.net
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> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog:
> http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html
>
>
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